Vetted Product Development Professionals

“Software engineer with hands-on experience building data-intensive and 3D-processing web applications (React/Next.js/TypeScript + Node.js). Has worked in microservices using RabbitMQ for event-driven workflows and built an internal ops/engineering dashboard to monitor pipeline jobs, surface logs, and manage retries—improving visibility and reducing on-call/debug time.”

“Founder-operator with investor experience who has built a seed-stage company to live usage, meaningful DAUs, a large waitlist, and roughly $1.2M raised. Has operated on both sides of the startup ecosystem—as a Techstars founder raising from firms and as a VC deploying capital—and brings a rigorous, user-first approach to evaluating and scaling new ventures.”

“Seasoned entrepreneurial operator who has raised $185M across ventures in seed treatment, drone spraying, gene editing, and biofuels. Has worked closely with accelerators including AgLaunch and Iowa Startup Accelerator as both a participant and later a mentor, and is now open to either founding a new impactful company or stepping into an experienced CEO/C-suite role.”

Preet Talati

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Junior Full-Stack Developer specializing in .NET Core and React

2y exp

“Full-stack engineer who has shipped end-to-end, customer-facing features in an education/student-population context, including an authorized incident-reporting workflow with RBAC and a PostgreSQL-backed data model. Has 0→1 React+TypeScript/Redux product experience (CTO at Jiffur) and hands-on production operations with CI/CD (Azure Pipelines/GitHub Actions), including resolving a real CPU-saturation outage via operational mitigation and scaling changes.”

William Roy

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive sales leader with 13 years in SaaS, technology, and consultative growth

South Bend, IN13y exp

“Sales and operations leader who helped take Executive Career Partners from $2M and in the red to $4M in sales, while owning roughly $1M personally/team-wide and modernizing CRM, reporting, training, and pricing operations. Unusually hands-on across both frontline selling and back-office systems, with additional experience in government proposals, SaaS line creation, ecommerce integrations, and company-wide rebranding.”

“Robotics software engineer who led an autonomous nursery management robot project at Auburn University, spanning RGB-D/IMU sensor fusion, SLAM navigation, and real-time ML for plant detection/quality assessment. Strong ROS1/ROS2 background (C++/Python) with deployment on NVIDIA Jetson, including profiling-driven optimization of YOLO segmentation for real-time behavior and multi-robot (UGV/UAV) communication using ROS2.”

Joey Mule

Screened

Technology executive and engineering leader specializing in Automotive SaaS

17y exp

“Engineering leader who built the MVP and scaled iService Auto into a fixed-ops platform for dealership groups, aligning a dealer-driven roadmap to churn/revenue outcomes and preparing the company for strategic acquisition. Led a major modernization from a legacy Symfony monolith to a React frontend with a Symfony JSON API using feature-flagged incremental migration, while growing and retaining a ~20-person engineering team through the acquisition.”

“Early-stage sales hire who joined a startup just 2-3 months after launch and built their own outbound motion in a low-process environment. They describe strong self-sourced selling, including persistent multi-channel outreach that led to a large account win, and later partnered with a teammate and CEO to create a playbook that lifted office performance by 60%+.”

babar khan

Screened

Senior Sourcing & Product Development Manager specializing in home textiles

Maryland, USA13y exp

“Merchandising/sourcing professional with hands-on experience building home/fashion supplier partnerships end-to-end, from RFP/RFQ and sample evaluation through negotiation, PO placement, and QC. Uses data (OTB, SKU productivity, margin, Q score/awareness) to shape assortment strategy across subscription box and e-commerce, and has managed 50+ concurrent brand conversations using an Excel-based pipeline tracker.”

“Independent product builder with several live startups spanning transit, gaming, and SaaS/API tools. Notably built a Cyprus bus routes app before transit data was broadly available on Google Maps, and is currently maintaining products like CountriesDB and HolidayDB while pursuing SEO-led growth and validating ideas solo before expanding.”

Oleg Strakh

Screened

Executive robotics architect specializing in embedded AI and autonomous systems

Vilnius, Lithuania16y exp

“Founder of Workaholic-Robotics, a self-funded physical AI agriculture robotics startup, with hands-on experience spanning product development, customer discovery, commercialization, and fundraising prep. Brings a pragmatic, capital-efficient approach shaped by direct work with growers, dealers, and OEMs, plus accelerator experience through Innovate EU and Grishin Robotics Accelerator in London.”

“Sourcing/Product Development professional with deep China-based manufacturing experience who launched an eco-friendly cleaning brush line made from 100% recycled fishing nets and delivered on an Earth Day deadline. Built cost and tariff calculators to drive decisions and profitability, including improving Target private label net margins by 6 points, and runs a compliance/QC-heavy vendor qualification process (BSCI/SMETA, golden samples, third-party inspections).”

Christopher Peacock

Screened

Executive CIO and Enterprise Architect specializing in cloud, security, and IT governance

Remote5y exp

“Fractional CIO/founder-type operator at AHDX Inc, a hybrid-cloud/primary storage solutions startup with a compliance focus targeting healthcare; MVP has completed beta and the company has seed funding while pursuing additional investment. Has supported multiple startups (OmniHR, Combat Connect, 3BX) and cites tangible results tied to DoD/security, Medicare/Medicaid, and Air Force LMS contracts, positioning them as a hands-on "fixer" for early-stage technical strategy and architecture.”

Asifa Aziz Poppy

Screened

Executive Apparel Merchandising & Sourcing Leader specializing in global supply chain

Dhaka, Bangladesh27y exp

“Sourcing/merchandising professional with experience supporting US brands via Youngone Corporation (YHT unit, Bangladesh), managing end-to-end vendor evaluation, FOB/MOQ/lead-time negotiations, compliance and AQL-based quality standards. Uses OTB, SKU productivity, margin and Q-score/customer feedback to rationalize assortments—citing a data-led shift where 30% of styles drove 70% of revenue and reallocating spend to higher-margin sustainable products improved sell-through, margin, and satisfaction.”

Wayne Werling

Screened

Executive Operations Leader specializing in manufacturing buildouts and multi-industry scaling

Beavercreek, OH13y exp

“Entrepreneur building a self-funded men's routine/body care startup that originated from developing a topical product to support a brother’s nerve injury recovery, revealing a perceived gap in men’s care. Has also identified and executed a manufacturing coatings opportunity by creating detailed execution plans and building stakeholder trust, and describes a structured, resource-conscious go-to-market approach.”

Rachel Stanford

Screened

Senior Import Production Manager specializing in global sourcing and demand planning

Arcadia, CA13y exp

“Fashion/retail sales and partnerships professional who previously ran an independent multi-line showroom (sales rep for 5 Jr/Young Contemporary lines) and successfully landed a high-profile, celebrity-backed graphic tee line at Nordstrom—driving 80% sell-through from a test order into an all-door program. Leverages SKU-level selling data, OTB/SKU productivity, and hands-on quality control (including chargebacks for off-spec product) to optimize assortments across retail and e-commerce.”

Katy Repa

Screened

Junior Product Engineer specializing in sporting goods and athlete performance

Thousand Oaks, CA3y exp

“Former D1 softball player at Stephen F. Austin and the University of Houston who turned her own recruiting, injury, transfer, and scholarship journey into a career advising athletes. She now runs the Easton/Rawlings Fastpitch ambassador program, growing it to 250 players in six months and helping drive major brand launch visibility, while also coaching and mentoring young athletes on recruiting, NIL, and long-term fit decisions.”

“Outbound sales candidate with high-volume cold-calling experience across restaurant/bar POS and home-services software sales. Stands out for a personable, relationship-first approach that turned cold outreach into demos and wins, including converting a restaurant owner from outdated software to a new POS system.”

“Senior Unity game programmer who shipped a Meta Quest VR game (Unearthed VR) and owned key systems spanning gameplay, UI, shaders/VFX, and VR interaction. Notably built a reusable, general VR interaction framework to make interactions intuitive and user-friendly, and emphasizes scalable, data-oriented architecture for maintainable Unity projects.”

Mark Eagle

Screened

Executive Technology & Operations Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in scaling SaaS and enterprise software

Denver, Colorado29y exp

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

Ali Zafar Zaidi

Screened

Senior Frontend/Full-Stack Developer specializing in React and Next.js

Hamilton, Canada8y exp

“Frontend engineer who has led architecture and delivery of large, data-driven React/TypeScript interfaces used by thousands of users, with strong emphasis on scalable structure, performance, and automated quality gates (CI/CD, Jest/Cypress). Recently building a resume screening application for McMaster University students and has experience shipping role-based (RBAC) features with tight cross-functional collaboration and PR-based QA deployments.”

“Solo developer who built and operated an AI debate product end-to-end, from architecture and deployment through observability and post-launch stabilization. They show strong practical LLM production experience—using Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI, Langfuse, Mem0, and custom RAG—while improving latency to sub-4 seconds, driving failures near zero, and cutting LLM usage by 20%.”

Anthony Vazquez

Screened

Mid-level Product & Production Manager specializing in lighting manufacturing

Brooklyn, NY11y exp

“Sourcing/procurement professional who led a supplier transition for fabric lamp shades when an incumbent vendor exited, managing inventory risk across 9 SKUs and coordinating site/sales communications to avoid order disruption. Strong in vendor qualification (samples, capability discussions, potential facility visits), negotiation framing around mutual profitability, and data-driven planning using Excel, commodity indexes (brass/copper), and MOQ-driven MRP forecasting to reduce waste and improve turnover.”

“Serial founder and fractional CTO with 8 companies founded and 3 exits, now looking to commit full-time to a venture-backable startup. Currently advising two startups that recently raised $400K friends-and-family and $1M pre-seed, and brings thoughtful perspective on venture-scale economics, team quality, and AI disruption risk.”