Vetted Project Management Professionals

“Technical Product Owner with a technical background who led a net-new invoicing and reconciliation product across business stakeholders, architecture, and dependent teams, shipping close to target despite unexpected issues. Also brings a distinctive mentoring profile from tutoring and teaching in data analytics bootcamps, including hands-on support for learners with very low technical literacy.”

“Unreal Engine 5 gameplay/systems developer who led major core features for the Early Access Steam city builder Geopogo Cities: Windsor Detroit, including an end-to-end building placement system tightly integrated with economy, AI pedestrians (Mass AI/Zone Graph/State Trees), and procedural city block generation. Also built a third-person exploration layer with character customization, stamina, and animation retargeting on top of the City Sample Crowd framework, plus shipped player-driven UX improvements based on live Early Access feedback.”

Kamilah Patterson

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in talent strategy and workforce analytics

Brooklyn, New York11y exp

“HR Business Partner with GroupM experience supporting multiple mergers, building and transitioning Analytics/Programmatic/Account Management teams through hands-on job architecture, benchmarking, and performance management. Uses HR analytics (including an Excel-based retention model with visual reporting) and cross-functional partnership with IT to reduce disruption and improve retention during restructuring and major policy changes like return-to-office.”

Sanjay Mamani

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology Leader specializing in enterprise data, AI, and cloud analytics

Mooresville, USA26y exp

“25-year builder/operator who has scaled others' visions and led VC-backed startup incubation work (Saltmines). Built Bridgetree’s AI CoE from 0 to 1 and cites $20M+ measurable customer impact, with experience leading 110-person cross-disciplinary teams. Exploring a new venture idea (gotAgentic.ai) focused on agentic AI solutions such as AI-ready data prep, agentic SDLC teams, and front-office automation (scheduling/invoicing).”

“Sole founder of Bazaaro who built the company’s operations across product, hiring, GTM, finance, and investor relations—securing initial investment by effectively spanning multiple functions. Also drove a high-stakes operational turnaround at Ciena by process-mapping end-to-end workflows, correcting cost mis-modeling, and building Excel dashboards to recover $60K+ while improving margin visibility.”

“Frontend engineer who led the end-to-end UI for an internal employee catalog tool at Genetec, building React/TypeScript dashboards with complex search filters. Emphasizes tight product-owner feedback loops (weekly demos), Figma-based design alignment, and disciplined delivery practices using CI/CD, automated tests, and version tagging for rollouts/reverts.”

“Early-career engineer with Charles Schwab internship experience building and testing production-bound internal APIs, emphasizing architectural fit, stakeholder alignment, and systematic debugging. Also has academic Python/ML experience analyzing Oura Ring biometric data and exposure to multi-agent robotics through coursework and RoboSub.”

“Talent acquisition leader and executive recruiter who has managed up to 10 recruiters while driving tech stack optimization, vendor/cost management, and executive-level reporting. Experienced partnering closely with HRBPs and CFO-level stakeholders on director+ hiring, including internal audit leadership roles, and has led a full recruiting lifecycle redesign to improve candidate experience and hiring leader visibility.”

“Game QA tester with experience at QLOC (Poland) and EA Burnaby (Canada), focused on audio/commentary quality for the FIFA/FC franchise. Shipped FIFA 23, FC 24, and FC25, including validating a major new commentary team integration and ensuring situational commentary triggers correctly using debug tools, evidence capture, and close collaboration with audio artists/developers.”

“HR manager and lead recruiter with cross-border oversight (US, Canada, UK) and hands-on experience navigating region-specific employment law, benefits, and offboarding. Built product, analytics, and creative teams by designing structured hiring processes (panels, portfolio/presentation steps) and prioritizing candidate experience. Partnered with C-level leadership to migrate payroll/benefits from ADP Workforce Now to TriNet, coordinating IT/Finance and employee training for a smooth transition.”

“Longform video editor/content creator who supported Principal Financial Group (Fortune 200) for 13 years, handling end-to-end production across video, photography, audio, and music. Emphasizes narrative storytelling for engagement, disciplined media organization for reliable handoffs, and has experience mentoring other editors using brand-standard playbooks and stakeholder review processes.”

“Change management and HR/people strategy leader with repeated experience partnering with senior executives through high-impact transformations, including QuickChek’s post-acquisition integration into Fortune 500 Murphy USA. Uses structured frameworks (McKinsey 7S, ADKAR) and KPI-driven systems thinking to execute org design, system migrations, and workforce analytics initiatives, and has handled complex employee relations investigations with risk-based decision tools.”

“Built a production industrial anomaly detection system for a laminator using only limited runtime logs (time/pressure/temperature) and scarce abnormal examples. Addressed inconsistent manual labeling across customers by creating an operator feedback loop for remarking predictions and retraining customized models, and communicated results to a non-technical company liaison using clear tables, trend plots, and interactive demos.”

“US Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Ops leader at Funbox (nearly 5 years) who owns end-to-end recruiting operations and ATS strategy, and who successfully pivoted into HR Ops during a 2022 slowdown (payroll, compliance, policies, reporting). Known for building operational rigor at scale—redesigned req approval/1:1 req-to-hire workflows, led Greenhouse→HiBob hiring module implementation in ~4 months, and executed a major hiring blitz (35→75 reqs; ~90% closed; 100+ referrals) across functions including engineering, product, sales, marketing, and frontline support.”

“Versatile videographer/producer with experience spanning broadcast commercials and news promos, OTT targeted ads, short films, and a feature-length documentary. Notably created an award-winning (IBA) tourism campaign spot and has proven ability to solo-produce fast-turnaround promos end-to-end; also a Part 107 certified drone pilot with broad camera and audio gear fluency.”

“Engineering/technology leader with experience tying roadmaps to OKRs/KPIs, scaling cross-functional engineering teams, and driving go-to-market execution for Managed IT Services revenue growth. In an early-stage company setting, personally stood up core systems (CRM, lead gen, website) and multi-cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS) while building investor materials (pitch deck, VDR, financials), resulting in an investor LOI within 8 months. Also led an on-prem deployment architecture redesign for a network monitoring (NPM) product to improve compatibility, scalability, and security.”

david horachek

Screened

Executive Game Systems & Animation Engineering Leader specializing in console and Unreal/Unity

California, USA26y exp

“Unity/C# engineer with AAA and social MMO experience who owned and shipped a marquee VR gameplay system for Meta Quest, using advanced 3D math and closed-form optimization to maintain a solid 60 FPS on constrained hardware. Also builds LLM systems from first principles and integrates native inference into C# pipelines, and has deep multiplayer architecture experience (Photon/Netcode/frame sync) including fault-tolerant WebSocket messaging for mobile connectivity dropouts. Prefers contract work; time zone flexible (EST).”

Sanveed Adnan Qureshi

Screened

Senior Marketing Analytics & Operations Analyst specializing in performance marketing and BI

Albert Lea, MN4y exp

“Paid media/demand gen marketer who owned a $50K/month multi-brand budget (five business units) across Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads. Ran structured A/B tests and made fast budget reallocations based on benchmarks (CTR/CPL/lead quality), and diagnoses performance declines via funnel and saturation analysis (frequency/overlap) to stabilize CPAs and restore volume.”

Erik Moyer

Screened

Director-level Data Science & Analytics Leader specializing in cloud data platforms and AI/ML

Dallas, TX13y exp

“Candidate states they are very familiar with the venture capital/studio/accelerator landscape and expresses strong willingness to pursue entrepreneurship "at all costs," but did not provide details on a current startup, business plan, fundraising, or prior accelerator/VC involvement during the interview.”

Robert Wheeler

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CTO) specializing in cloud, AI/ML, and scalable product platforms

Manhattan, USA25y exp

“Technical leader and hands-on engineer with 20+ years of experience who has previously raised funding and exited a venture. Currently bootstrapping a new AI-direction startup with personal and family capital, leveraging structured financial planning and a relationship-driven approach to investor outreach.”

taylor joseph

Screened

Mid-level Buyer and Merchandiser specializing in fashion retail and wholesale

Hollywood, CA4y exp

“Current Revolve merchandising/buying professional with prior wholesale brand management experience, bringing a blend of retail and wholesale partnership perspective. Strongest differentiator is hands-on, data-driven inventory and assortment management—she cites improving turns/productivity by roughly 50% in a slow-moving business area and helping support consistent year-over-year growth through better reorder and inventory processes.”

“Candidate is developing a plan to consolidate paving maintenance businesses into a nationwide residential brand centered on high quality and sustainability. They bring private equity and strategic partnership experience, plus direct segment knowledge and industry relationships, with a thesis around recycling materials without sacrificing quality or cost.”

scott graham

Screened

Executive customer experience and operations leader in SaaS, EdTech, and enterprise support

New York, NY24y exp

“Founder/operator with an MS in Finance who has helped grow an early-stage company from startup toward scaleup on roughly $400K raised, while delivering 25%+ YoY ARR growth and 100% retention without new capital for 30 months. Differentiates through a sharp eye for overlooked but mission-critical work like data cleansing, strong financial modeling instincts, and a hands-on, trust-building consulting style that wins long-term contracts in underserved sectors.”