Vetted SaaS Professionals

Dan Gervais

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in big data, AI/ML, and SaaS platforms

Escondido, CA28y exp

“Hands-on IT/engineering executive who has led high-impact architecture changes and compliance-driven data systems. Notably built an internally developed columnar database at Troparé (with dual-support UI for legacy/new DBs) and shipped an MVP in 3–4 months with dramatic performance improvements, and previously delivered PCI/opt-out compliant deletion workflows while addressing DB performance and migrations.”

Randall Agate

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Sales Engineering leader specializing in enterprise SaaS

8y exp

“Sales Engineering leader with 8 years of progression from Business Analyst to Senior Director, spanning LegalTech, private markets, and insurance SaaS. Stands out for combining hands-on enterprise solution consulting, security/compliance diligence, and architecture fluency with team scaling and operational buildout, including growing an SE org from 2 to 8 and earning multiple pre-sales awards.”

“Healthcare product leader who rebuilt the NextCare Anywhere urgent care platform across mobile and web, dramatically improving booking conversion from 2% to 34% by simplifying the patient journey and fixing key caregiver workflows. Also brings emerging AI leadership in regulated environments, having helped define AI policy and pilot human-supervised workflows that delivered 30-40x documentation gains with 100% first-pass approval.”

Jayadeep Nukala

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in enterprise AI and FinTech integrations

San Francisco Bay Area, CA2y exp

“Built and deployed an enterprise AI testing solution at a startup, then customized and scaled it inside Citigroup over the course of a year to support 40+ projects and 1,000+ daily users. Brings hands-on production experience with multi-agent LLM workflows, RAG, enterprise deployment infrastructure, and real-world incident handling in AI-driven data pipelines.”

“Former CTO at Enodo who led development of programmatic parsers to extract unstructured data from real-estate financial documents (rent rolls and T12s), validating with users via prototypes before productionizing. Emphasizes accuracy-driven engineering and scalable test-suite growth based on real user samples, and has experience scoping complex product ideas (e.g., browser-based narrative editor) down to an MVP.”

Vigneshwari Shankiri

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Java Full-Stack Developer specializing in microservices and cloud platforms

5y exp

“Frontend engineer who has led enterprise-scale UI delivery end-to-end on a microservices platform, designing modular Angular SPAs (v12-17) tightly aligned to Spring Boot REST APIs. Emphasizes quality and release velocity through layered testing (Karma/Jasmine), CI/CD automation (Jenkins/Azure DevOps), performance tuning with RxJS/lazy loading, and incremental rollouts with close product/design/QA collaboration.”

Bibhash Biswas

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in AI/ML, SaaS, and cloud architecture

Los Angeles, CA25y exp

“Hands-on CTO and player-coach engineering leader from MindShow who led a 10-person team, transformed a services business into a licensable product sold to Fortune 500 customers, and stayed deep in architecture, AI, and UI work. Particularly notable for combining microservices/system design leadership with practical AI product delivery in speech and media workflows, including a phoneme-generation system the candidate says achieved 99.9%+ accuracy.”

Lavrenti DeLavrenti

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Technology Leader specializing in cloud-native platforms, AI/ML, and SaaS

Remote15y exp

“Engineering leader (Director/VP level) who has repeatedly aligned product and engineering through ROI-driven quarterly roadmaps and strong stakeholder communication, including board presentations. Built a parallel cloud team to migrate an on-prem product to the cloud, credited with delivering $9M ARR, and led a Python monolith-to-serverless event-driven microservices transformation. Currently manages distributed teams across Mexico, India, and the US using pod-based structures, clear KPIs, and a supportive accountability culture.”

“Implementation leader with 7 years of client-facing experience delivering source-to-pay and contract management SaaS projects, including full ownership of governance, configuration, integrations, migration, and training. At Intelagree, managed 6-10 concurrent CLM implementations end-to-end and regularly worked with legal, procurement, IT, and C-level stakeholders to drive complex enterprise go-lives.”

“Co-founder and employee #1 who built Reva, a vertically integrated conversational CRM for multifamily leasing and resident services, leading product, engineering, and design from inception through acquisition. Combines deep enterprise product leadership with early AI experience, including a pre-LLM chatbot that drove a 400% lift in lead conversion and prior edtech work where AI-enabled learning tools improved struggling students by a full letter grade on average.”

“Repeat early-stage startup CTO/first engineer who helped take Vettery from 0 to a $100M+ exit. Led product-oriented engineering with heavy investment in data science/ML, including a recommendations system and candidate evaluation model (90%+ predictive effectiveness), and scaled the modeling stack using parallel processing and Apache Airflow.”

“ML/NLP engineer who built a RAG-based technical assistant for Caterpillar field engineers, transforming PDF keyword search into intent-based semantic retrieval across manuals, logs, sensor reports, and technician notes. Strong in productionizing data/ML systems (Airflow, PySpark) with rigorous preprocessing, entity resolution, and evaluation—delivering measurable gains in accuracy, relevance, and duplicate reduction.”

“Customer-facing implementation/security-focused professional with experience at Freshworks and IMImobile (Cisco), advising enterprise customers on app security for CRM/ITSM and sensitive/PII workflows. Has led threat-model-driven remediation for API/RBAC/token risks and troubleshot complex cloud integration incidents (token expiry + load balancer misrouting) using logs/metrics/tracing, escalating with clear technical reports to accelerate engineering fixes.”

“Cross-functional product/engineering leader with startup and enterprise experience (Whimstay, Wells Fargo, Leap AI Technologies). Has owned end-to-end delivery including UI and payment architecture—built a multi-customer reservation payment flow using pre-auth plus event/timer-driven reminders and handled tricky edge cases like date changeover. Also introduced lightweight process (Jira, sprints, team/module structuring) to increase delivery speed in an early-stage AI document-matching startup.”

Jaideep Jain

Screened

Executive Business, Product & Engineering Leader in SaaS, Data Platforms, and IoT

33y exp

“Serial entrepreneur (13 years) currently building a consumer-focused startup with an MVP completed and initial customers acquired. Has interacted with multiple VCs and is very familiar with the VC/accelerator ecosystem, with a near-term focus on scaling customer acquisition while iterating the product.”

“Former CEO with direct venture fundraising experience and years inside VC-backed companies. Focused on an AppSec/software supply chain security opportunity built around acquiring an existing SCA/SSCS platform and accelerating growth through AI-driven remediation capabilities, additional acquisitions, and enterprise sales.”

“Startup-oriented product/technology leader targeting CTO roles, with experience evaluating and scoping high-impact product expansions. At Crelate, helped assess and shape a contract timekeeping/invoicing initiative that expanded TAM by hundreds of millions and increased ACV 2-3x, contributing to successful market traction and the company’s path to Series C.”

Shane Howard

Screened

Executive technology and operations leader specializing in consulting, SaaS, and digital transformation

Salt Lake City, UT32y exp

“Serial operator and founder with four exits, including a recent business sale after raising $750K, and experience leading 17 acquisitions. Has held CEO, CIO, and global delivery/operations leadership roles across VC-backed, PE-backed, and high-growth companies, with a strong track record in GTM, operational scaling, and building repeatable cross-functional systems for growth and exit.”

Vik Krane

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI-powered SaaS and FinTech

12y exp

“Product leader and startup co-founder who has been shipping AI-powered products since 2020 across creative tools, expert knowledge products, and financial compliance workflows. Particularly notable for building Shotcraft from zero to scale, using AI to turn scripts into executable shot lists, and for a nuanced human-centered AI philosophy that emphasizes user control over critical outputs.”