Vetted Sales Professionals

“Sales-background hockey enthusiast and WE THE THUNDER (Tampa Bay Lightning) podcast host with press access who creates educational animated content explaining hockey rules/contracts. Has a structured scouting/evaluation approach (live games, video, stats, and off-ice coachability/work ethic) and a Florida hockey network including junior hockey and a pro scouting contact for mentorship.”

TJ Bowen

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and AI-driven e-commerce

14y exp

“Product leader with deep experience in rebuilding and consolidating complex SaaS and e-commerce platforms, including a five-product unification at Tribute Technology that contributed roughly $12M in ARR growth. Has also shipped human-centered AI products in emotionally sensitive domains, including AI condolence moderation and an AI-assisted obituary writer, combining business impact with strong UX and dignity-focused judgment.”

“Apparel sourcing/production professional who runs end-to-end vendor onboarding and execution using open-costing negotiation, rigorous T&A calendars, and KPI-based vendor scorecards. Demonstrated proactive risk mitigation across mills/factories (phased cutting, SKU prioritization, size-ratio rebalancing) and trade/duty exposure (classification review with customs brokers and shifting volume to lower-duty countries).”

“Seasoned entrepreneurial operator who has raised $185M across ventures in seed treatment, drone spraying, gene editing, and biofuels. Has worked closely with accelerators including AgLaunch and Iowa Startup Accelerator as both a participant and later a mentor, and is now open to either founding a new impactful company or stepping into an experienced CEO/C-suite role.”

“Customer Success professional with enterprise and SMB experience across app services, iPaaS/ERP integrations, fintech, martech-adjacent ecommerce, and restaurant tech. Notable for building practical tooling (issue dashboards, ML chatbot/FAQ systems) to improve retention and satisfaction, and for translating frontline customer pain into product requirements and expansion opportunities.”

Luke McConnell

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive product leader specializing in digital products and FinTech

Naperville, IL11y exp

“Product leader with deep experience building and modernizing complex systems in regulated industries, especially banking and logistics. They led a major core banking platform rebuild, introduced AI-driven operational features, and drove a mobile UX change that increased app usage by roughly 200%. Also brings people leadership experience from building a product team from scratch and a personal connection to education through ESL program work and a family background in special education.”

“Education product leader who has built and rebuilt large-scale learning platforms from the ground up, including GamED Academy, a Minecraft-based K-12 platform that grew to 6,000+ active students per cycle and produced IP tied to a Microsoft/Mojang exit. Particularly compelling for mission-driven edtech roles: combines curriculum, UX, platform, and AI product leadership with a clear philosophy that technology should amplify human teaching relationships rather than replace them.”

Douglas Green

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive sales and marketing leader specializing in language services and healthcare

Austin, TX27y exp

“Mission-driven builder focused on transforming education by embedding entrepreneurial mindset training into student learning. Already runs a fellowship for Alpha School/University of Austin students and is developing FounderOS, a remote cohort-based platform built on an entrepreneurial knowledge graph, learning science, and gamification. Brings unusually deep ecosystem knowledge from studying 1,000+ global founder programs.”