Vetted Product Strategy Professionals

Jim Woodroffe

Screened

Executive Engineering Leader (CTO/VP) specializing in scaling platforms, AI, and cloud infrastructure

San Francisco, CA24y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator who previously built an AI context layer for personal communication/relationships and has worked with a New York-based venture group to evaluate early-stage ideas from both technical and business angles. Currently exploring broad startup opportunities and collaborating with 2–3 early-stage companies, with a structured approach to assessing market outcomes, competition, and team fit.”

“Serial entrepreneur with multiple startups and demonstrated VC fundraising experience, including raising $125K for a current business plan and building investor relationships across several VC firms. Driven by tackling difficult problems and assessing opportunities through a lens of solution creativity and team execution, while prioritizing sustainable quality of life.”

“Former COO at a venture firm who founded a consultancy/startup serving luxury apparel and accessories brands, with current paying clients acquired through her executive network. Focuses on operational and business strategy for luxury brands of African descent and runs end-to-end product development and sourcing across NYC/China with supplier links to Turkey and India; previously built a book of business at Morgan Stanley and advised startups.”

“Product leader with deep edtech experience who built Kaltura's LMS-native video and assessment suite and later shipped a Gemini-powered workflow at Google to help unemployment adjudicators resolve claims faster. Stands out for combining technical product fluency, human-centered AI thinking, and strong cross-functional leadership across design, engineering, sales, and support.”

“Engineering/tech leader with experience spanning major platforms (mentions Microsoft and AWS) and leading ML-driven product architecture (ranking systems). Describes driving a shift to a layered, API-standardized service architecture (including vector database components) that materially increased delivery speed (weeks to hours) while improving scalability and security, and emphasizes rigorous execution reviews (QDR/OKRs) plus transparent remote-team operating rhythms.”

“Senior product leader with experience at Constant Contact, Retention Science, eBay, and Ticketmaster, spanning PLG transformation, AI-driven marketing automation, UX turnarounds, and complex platform migrations. Particularly compelling for roles needing a product executive who can tie user insight, experimentation, and cross-functional execution directly to conversion, revenue, and team growth.”

“Senior product leader from PlayStation and Epic Games with rare experience scaling consumer gaming subscription and personalization platforms at massive scale. Led the PlayStation Plus evolution into a tiered live-service platform, driving growth from 30M to 40M subscribers and a 15% ARPU lift, while also bringing AI/ML personalization expertise from the Epic mobile store and Fortnite ecosystem.”

“Repeat startup co-founder with multiple successful exits and significant fundraising experience (most recent raise $6M USD; prior raise £10M GBP). Interested in roles bridging investors and startups—performing due diligence and evaluating MVPs/USPs to help firms invest in the right companies and support portfolio growth toward exit.”

Zheng Liu

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI platforms and FinTech

Seattle, WA13y exp

“Engineering and product leader who currently owns both functions at Enzzo and previously served as a founding/head of engineering leader at Imprint, helping scale the company from seed to Series C. Stands out for combining customer-driven product strategy with hands-on technical execution, including an early AI/open-source LLM solution to reduce the time and cost of persona-based user research.”