Vetted SaaS Professionals

Gary Pulford

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive sales leader specializing in public sector SaaS, public safety, and SLED

Lafayette, CO26y exp

“National public sector sales leader with deep experience in public safety, broadband, and government modernization deals. Built organizations from the ground up, exceeded quota, maintained strong retention, and led complex partner-driven wins with Microsoft, AWS, and major public agencies including New Orleans, Atlanta, and Hawaii.”

“Candidate comes from SaaS and healthcare analytics rather than game development, but has strong end-to-end ownership experience building real-time, high-availability systems in Python/AWS. They highlight measurable impact across performance, throughput, uptime, and cost reduction, including queue optimization and predictive ICU utilization pipelines, and are looking to transfer that systems engineering foundation into Unity/gameplay work.”

“Program/operations leader with Booz Allen Hamilton experience turning around a near-canceled Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia procurement-training contract by implementing train-the-trainer, mentorship, and KPI/dashboard-driven execution. Currently supports the CFO organization at Berkeley Lab, translating high-level strategy into people/process/technology/governance plans with an executive operating cadence.”

“Public-sector-focused consultant with hands-on ownership of outbound/ABM, lead gen, and GTM strategy for early-stage and pre-launch products (including edtech). Built multi-channel campaigns spanning SEO/web copy, email, conferences, and direct outreach to state/district leaders, and created an Airtable onboarding system that cut prospect research time by 33%.”

“Operations/process leader with experience in SaaS and RPO environments, known for turning tribal knowledge into scalable, measurable systems. Has built documentation and knowledge-management standards for 90+ person teams, used data and change agents to drive adoption, and delivered major productivity gains (~300%) through training and automated reporting. Also led cross-functional process mapping and implemented partner onboarding workflows directly in Salesforce to improve SI partner enablement.”

“Software engineer with strong compliance-domain experience who built a customer-facing compliance and reporting dashboard using React/TypeScript with Spring Boot microservices. Demonstrates mature production engineering practices—contract-first APIs, event-driven architecture (Kafka/RabbitMQ), caching (Redis), and robust CI/CD + observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK)—and also created a Python-based audit automation tool adopted into the standard release process.”

“Insurance-tech CTO and repeat founder with 10+ years in insurance startups; was employee #4/CTO at Polly (formerly DealerPolicy) and helped scale it from a PowerPoint to 250 employees while raising $180M+. Currently building and selling AgentCanvas.ai—an extensible AI accelerator platform for large insurance agencies—after coding the product end-to-end and now running demos/POCs with prospective buyers.”

“Former PwC Director with hands-on early-stage venture experience (e.g., BridgeLights, a big-data analytics concept for early fintech) spanning concept creation, platform architecture, and go-to-market experimentation. Strong focus on building scalable, modular data platforms with rigorous governance/compliance (data lineage, quality controls) and supporting technical diligence in investor-aligned environments.”

Briana Schoffman

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Director-level Program & Professional Services Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and PMO

25y exp

“Entrepreneur who invested in a startup franchise concept and opened a dog-grooming store that became the most successful location in company history within one year, with projected revenue of $600K+ in 2026. Uses structured market sizing (PAM/TAM) and GTM thinking, and has executed cost-effective local marketing through grassroots social and community sponsorships.”

Sakid Ahmed

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Executive Telecom & Wireless Connectivity Leader (GM/VP Engineering)

Chicago, IL29y exp

“Operator with experience in a private equity-backed business that was carved out of a larger company and later taken public. Brings a startup-builder mindset from within larger-company environments, with emphasis on P&L ownership, go-to-market strategy, product strategy, and evaluating ideas through product-market fit and scalable market demand.”

“30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran who built Pratexo, an intelligent edge analytics company focused on the energy transition, raised $15M in seed funding, and landed a major partnership with ABB. He has spent the last decade continuously advising startups and brings deep familiarity with VC and accelerator ecosystems including YC and ABB's SynerLeap.”

“Climate-tech founder with multiple EV infrastructure ventures, including Electriflow Finance and ChargeNet Stations. Has already raised $300k, signed a $1M term sheet, and piloted an AI-driven, app-less EV fleet charging platform with 36 fleets in Southern California.”

Abhishek Adinarayanappa

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Junior Software Engineer specializing in backend, cloud, and machine learning systems

Miami, FL3y exp

“Built Digipulse, a university project that ingested and clustered Bluesky tweet data at scale and used Gemini to generate near-real-time topic summaries, processing 1M+ tweets per day. Also brings Intel experience with Prometheus and Kubernetes, including production monitoring and incident troubleshooting.”

Daniel Colon

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Senior SaaS sales professional specializing in enterprise and AI-powered outbound sales

New York, NY8y exp

“Enterprise SDR/BDR with experience at Lightricks, Wix, and Red Points, focused on high-quality outbound into mid-market and enterprise accounts. Stands out for building outbound process from scratch, booking 18-20 meetings per quarter with an 85% SQL conversion rate, and using highly personalized, evidence-based outreach to win skeptical stakeholders and revive stalled deals.”

“Senior engineering leader with VP-level scope who combines hands-on technical depth with large-scale org leadership. He led modernization of a legacy automotive ERP platform and architected OEM integration systems, while also scaling teams aggressively and translating enterprise customer needs into practical product and engineering plans.”

“Seasoned ERP implementation leader with 14 full lifecycle deployments spanning Microsoft Dynamics, PeopleSoft, QAD, and SAP across 9 countries. Stands out for managing complex multinational rollouts, strong executive governance, and pragmatic decision-making—such as replacing a 600K EUR customization path with a lower-cost bolt-on that improved ROI across multiple South American deployments.”

“Product leader with cross-industry experience spanning field-service/mobile platforms, healthcare EHR patient portals, and legal contract lifecycle management. Stands out for building and pitching platform strategy at the executive level, shipping AI-assisted workflow improvements that saved technicians time, and tying product investments directly to business outcomes like ARR growth.”

“Product and engineering leader with experience driving large-scale transformation in regulated and enterprise environments, including security modernization at LPL Financial and developer platform standardization at General Motors. He combines hands-on technical judgment, UX modernization, and people leadership, and also brings a former teacher’s perspective to human-centered AI in education.”

Javon Lee

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Senior Software Engineer specializing in AI platforms and cloud-native systems

Baltimore, MD8y exp

“Engineer with startup CTO experience and recent hands-on full-stack work at Microsoft and Clarity, focused on compliance and AML workflow platforms for financial services. Stands out for building scalable data and audit systems that reduced manual processing and improved performance, while operating effectively in ambiguous early-stage environments.”

Betsie Hoyt

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Director-level Product Management leader specializing in SaaS, AI, APIs, and mobile products

18y exp

“Senior product leader in construction technology with experience at Trimble, where they helped reshape a fragmented 15-acquisition portfolio into a platform strategy that became central to how a $250M business is sold and supported. They combine enterprise platform thinking, AI product delivery, and change management, including launching a voice-based LLM workflow for regulated field reporting and coaching cross-functional teams into stronger product practices.”

“Product leader with experience building a patented demand chain management application inspired by 7-Eleven Japan’s inventory practices and piloting it with strong results: lower inventory, fewer out-of-stocks and waste, and higher sales. Has also shipped early AI features in edtech, including student chat moderation, and brings a notably human-centered perspective on AI’s role alongside tutors rather than as a full replacement.”

“Product design leader who has operated as both design head and product owner across retail, supply chain, and global trade platforms. Notable for turning design research into business strategy shifts, leading AI/ML workflow products with measurable adoption gains, and scaling globally distributed design teams while tying UX decisions directly to ROI.”

“CTO/enterprise architect who stays hands-on in code while leading strategy, stakeholder alignment, and team scaling. At Eastridge, established product and technology vision/roadmap, built product engineering/strategy functions, and helped launch products into global markets; most recently led GenAI product design including tech selection, infrastructure, scalability, and observability.”

“COO experience at an early-stage technology company (CyberAlliance) focused on building scalable operating systems: SMART goal-setting by function, KPI-based performance management, monthly business reviews, and a structured stage-gate product introduction process. Also has hands-on experience rapidly adapting support operations to meet new customer 24x7 monitoring requirements while planning for scale.”