Vetted Stakeholder Communication Professionals

“AI engineer building and deploying deep-learning-based optimization/control systems for petrochemical plants, with a focus on maintaining operational stability under real-world constraints. Core contributor to model and inference design; introduced a stability-focused non-linear objective and sped up second-layer optimization via on-the-fly first-order approximations. Experienced using Kubernetes for end-to-end testing and effective in translating customer expectations into measurable evaluation plots for non-technical stakeholders.”

Vivian Lazarevic

Screened

Senior Project Manager specializing in healthcare, biotech, and financial services

Poughkeepsie, NY14y exp

“Project/program management leader with cross-industry experience spanning private equity, biotech, healthcare, insurance, and consulting. Has evolved from implementation support at KKR into owning enterprise governance, IPO-readiness workstreams, and multi-project delivery in highly regulated environments, with exposure to initiatives tied to more than $650M in cumulative budgets.”

Yemi Soyombo

Screened

Senior IT Project Manager and Scrum Master specializing in enterprise Agile delivery

Davidson, NC10y exp

“Project/program leader with 8 years of experience delivering enterprise B2B and SaaS implementations in highly matrixed environments, often combining traditional PM and Scrum Master responsibilities. Has managed portfolios of 4-6 concurrent initiatives from discovery through go-live and hypercare, with strong governance, executive communication, and experience supporting operational platforms similar to EAM/CMMS systems.”

“Operations/program leader who ran the global IRG100 Leadership Program, coordinating cross-functional workstreams and major partners (WPP, Google, Ipsos, TCS) using centralized roadmaps and executive cadences; delivered increased enrollment and a 4.8/5 satisfaction score. Previously managed strategic and day-to-day production operations for major multi-country sports campaigns at DIRECTV Panamericana (FIFA World Cup, Olympics, NBA), building pipelines, budgets, and vendor relationships across Latin America.”

“Recruiting leader in the agency/media space (Omnicom/Hearts & Science and WPP Media) who manages a small recruiter pod and builds operational systems to improve hiring outcomes. Known for process standardization and change management (Greenhouse templates, SLAs, automation) and for measurable stakeholder impact—e.g., cutting hiring manager response lag to 48 hours and partnering with a CFO to prioritize/stagger hiring based on capacity and budget.”

“Former Division I athlete with 30 years in basketball and 20 years building a career training and mentoring players, including multi-season youth coaching and recruiting. Brings a character-first recruiting philosophy shaped by mentorship from high-profile coaches/players and is eager to create on-camera/social content to help families navigate the recruiting process.”

“Growth/partnerships leader with experience across Hootsuite, SMART Technologies, and Spinify, building partner ecosystems and GTM programs tied directly to pipeline and revenue. Notably created agency partnerships that drove 21% of total revenue and ran a data-backed self-serve SMB experiment that produced an 18.4% lift in conversations.”

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.”

Dhananjay Sharma

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-level Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI and FinTech platforms

Stony Brook, NY6y exp

“Full-stack engineer who built RegArt’s product from 0→1 for enterprise compliance users at clients like HSBC and EY, including the production React frontend, backend APIs, and an LLM-powered search experience. Particularly compelling for startups needing someone who can move across UI, API, and data layers, make pragmatic architecture tradeoffs, and ship fast without over-engineering.”

“Built and owned a zero-to-one AI knowledge workspace that turns chats and documents into a reusable structured section map, spanning React/TypeScript frontend, FastAPI backend, LLM pipelines, and cloud deployment. Also shipped a crypto scoring multi-agent system that combines market, GitHub, and on-chain signals, showing strong end-to-end AI product and orchestration experience.”

“MBA-trained project manager with experience spanning retail, commercial real estate, payroll operations, and government compliance. Has served as an owner's representative at CBRE, managed contractor hiring and training at Gusto during peak volume, and now coordinates a complex Department of Defense healthcare initiative involving 40+ stakeholders and significant change management.”

“Frontend engineer with experience at Target, Fortinet, and Groupon, focused on complex browser UI modernization and performance. Notable work includes rebuilding Target's internal uploader to support nearly 1GB uploads with granular progress/retry UX, and helping Fortinet incrementally migrate a large Jinja-based application to Vue to improve responsiveness and reduce backend load.”

Victoria Mehran

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior investment professional specializing in venture capital and startup ecosystems

Los Angeles, CA12y exp

“Venture capital and venture studio operator since 2019 with experience evaluating 75+ startups and helping raise capital across accelerator and venture-building environments. Currently developing Zenom, an AI-driven longevity and preventive healthcare platform combining biomarker analysis, genomics, and personalized wellness recommendations, with commercialization ambitions across MENA and Los Angeles.”

Vaughn Eugenio

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in distributed microservices and real-time systems

2y exp

“Software engineer with production experience at DraftKings and SRC, owning high-impact platform changes like early-start lineup validation fixes and a multi-service refactor to support dual-role players (e.g., Ohtani) using backward-compatible, feature-flagged rollouts. Has embedded onsite with military users to rapidly ship improvements to a COP/TAK mapping integration (TrackSync), and leverages AI tools (Claude) to accelerate learning and delivery in new domains (e.g., ESP32 smart deadbolt project).”

“Prudential solution architect/technical product owner with a strong blend of enterprise architecture, partner-facing API pre-sales, and analytics-driven optimization in insurance platforms. Stands out for supporting high-impact third-party onboarding efforts, building cloud/data solutions across AWS and Azure, and translating complex integration, security, and reporting requirements into partner-ready solutions.”