Vetted Product Management Professionals

Jeannine Brooks

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive product and delivery leader specializing in enterprise software and FinTech

Shelton, CT26y exp

“Product leader in accounting software who drove a legacy desktop application’s transition into a cloud SaaS platform, including security redesign, browser-based UX modernization, and ML-assisted accounting workflows. Stands out for combining deep domain knowledge in finance operations with practical change management, stakeholder alignment, and team leadership that improved quality while cutting backlog nearly in half.”

Jonathan McGrath

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior Full-Stack/AI Engineer specializing in mobile and web product development

San Francisco, CA14y exp

“Built an end-to-end mobile + web Q&A marketplace connecting users with professionals, including real-time chat and Stripe-based monetization (products/subscriptions). Hands-on with scaling Firebase/Firestore (subcollections, composite indexing, pagination) and mobile caching/sync challenges. Also created an internal AI-driven report generator that turned chatbot outputs into curated graphs and PDFs for marketing, iterating based on stakeholder feedback.”

“Recruiting leader who has managed teams of up to 6 while remaining hands-on with requisitions, owning end-to-end process design, ATS administration, and performance metrics reporting to senior leadership (including CFO/CPO). Built retention and quality feedback loops (7/30/90-day, 1-year check-ins and exit interviews) and drove process improvements like job description revisions to increase candidate quality and secure additional headcount when demand exceeded capacity.”

“CRM/lifecycle marketer from Lancer Skincare with hands-on ownership of high-volume promotional campaigns, especially complex subscription and discount scenarios. Stands out for combining rigorous QA, real-time issue management, and post-campaign analysis to improve both revenue outcomes and customer experience.”

“iGaming product leader with 11 years of Product Owner experience, spanning QA automation (built a testing framework) through BA and ultimately PO for an online poker team for nearly 6 years. Has shipped and managed live web/mobile/tablet games and worked closely with compliance/UKGC on game certification and launches, using BI/data and player feedback to prioritize features and F2P retention mechanics (tournament ticket funnels, quests).”

“Built and deployed a production LLM-powered RAG knowledge system to unify operational/policy information across PDFs, wikis, and databases, emphasizing auditability and low-latency/cost performance. Improved answer relevance at scale by moving from pure vector search to hybrid retrieval with metadata filtering and reranking, and partnered closely with healthcare operations/compliance to define acceptance criteria and human-in-the-loop guardrails.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer from Churchome who led a mobile app onboarding and re-engagement program using behavior-based segmentation, in-app/push messaging, and AI-assisted chat. Drove ~20% lift in early-stage engagement, improved 30-day retention, and reduced support load through automated chat flows and rapid A/B-driven iteration.”

Alastair Pavrey

Screened

Senior startup operator specializing in strategy, operations, product, and venture capital

Mumbai, India11y exp

“Healthtech operator and former co-founder who helped pivot a startup from VR software for neurological patients to an accessible home-based physiotherapy model, scaling it from zero to 2 Crore ARR. Also brings venture ecosystem exposure through work with Array Ventures, Pentathlon Ventures, and V3 Ventures, combining founder-side execution with investor-side pattern recognition.”

“Longtime Aptima product leader who turned a nominal DoD measurement 'suite' into a configurable cross-branch performance assessment platform deployed to Army, Navy, and Air Force users. Brings a rare mix of defense training, human performance science, AI/cybersecurity product work, and deeply user-centered UX thinking, including innovations like video tagging for live evaluation workflows.”

“Engineering/product leader in early-stage environments who has repeatedly driven major pivots and scaling efforts: pandemic-era refactor at NameCoach and multi-community expansion at Nolodex (now ~20 communities). Comfortable going from executive roadmap/stakeholder alignment to hands-on implementation (e.g., webhooks), and has led architecture shifts (monolith-to-distributed, Heroku-to-AWS) while managing outsourced/offshore teams through organizational friction.”

“Public sector sales leader who ran Teleste’s North America Video Security and Public Safety business unit, owning sales, support, and operations while growing clients and revenue 300% in four years and 400% over nine years. Stands out for winning complex transit and city safety deals, including multi-agency interoperability initiatives and PPP-funded deployments that required elected-official engagement, lobbying support, and navigation of nonstandard government procurement dynamics.”

Katie Sullivan

Screened

Senior Product Manager specializing in K-12 EdTech SaaS and AI

Houston, TX13y exp

“Edtech product leader with hands-on experience building from zero to MVP, pivoting based on user research, and shipping both AI tutoring and content recommendation products. They combine strong human-centered AI judgment with practical execution across K-12 learning workflows, global hardware/software collaboration, and team leadership.”

“CTO-level leader who drove a major post-buyout transformation at NPact—modernizing engineering (CI/CD, QA, observability), moving products toward SaaS/cloud, and scaling the org from ~20 to ~70 while maintaining 97% retention. Uses instrumentation and workflow analytics (including Atlassian-derived data) to improve delivery, citing an ~80% reduction in feature/bug churn through better scoping and requirements. Comfortable with board-level ROI decisions and customer/fundraising conversations, translating technical tradeoffs into clear business outcomes.”