Vetted Team Building Professionals

Jignesh Desai

Screened

Director of Software Engineering specializing in fraud detection and payments platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA26y exp

“Engineering manager/player-coach who focuses on laying technical foundations and improving team execution: kickstarted Visa standard UI library adoption, standardized API exception handling, and introduced a test automation framework that enabled a shift from quarterly to monthly releases. Led a phased latency/throughput initiative that doubled throughput, and owned a production incident caused by a dependency’s expired certificate, driving monitoring and certificate-expiry notification improvements across dependent systems.”

“Startup-focused finance/operations leader and long-time Controller (15+ years) who helps growing companies bring accounting ops in-house and implement scalable systems (ERP, AP invoice workflows, bank rec automation). Known for hands-on process optimization and change management—using demos and quick wins to convert resistant users and deliver measurable time savings. Works fully remote with a flexible schedule and also supports global offices on systems selection and implementation.”

Jamie Jones

Screened

Executive biotech and pharma commercial leader (CEO/CBO/VP) specializing in growth, launches, and fundraising

Greater Boston, MA37y exp

“Entrepreneur and fundraising leader with 8 years raising $500K–$55M across life sciences, transportation, and brand marketing. Notably raised $55M for an oncology startup by de-risking the story and sourcing aligned institutional investors with drug development expertise. Brings a highly structured, metrics-driven approach to validation and surgical go-to-market execution in resource-constrained environments.”

“Entrepreneurial operator with 30+ years of experience building internal startup-style business cases inside private companies, securing capital/OpEx funding, and turning proposals into delivered technology initiatives. Brings a strong venture-informed mindset, including familiarity with Series A/B/C funding dynamics, combined with hands-on strength in business planning, financial modeling, team building, and execution.”

“Product leader with experience rebuilding large-scale search and AI-enabled workflow products at Amadeus and SignalWire. Stands out for combining AI strategy, UX simplification, and organizational alignment—driving measurable outcomes like 45% adoption growth, 42% revenue increase, and mentoring teams to stronger cross-functional execution.”

Shane Westra

Screened

Executive product and technology leader specializing in B2B SaaS

27y exp

“Senior product leader with a track record of building and repositioning B2B software businesses into major growth engines, including initiatives that contributed to Workfront’s $1.5B Adobe acquisition and SimpleNexus’s $1.2B nCino acquisition. Brings deep experience across product strategy, UX transformation, AI-enabled workflows, and cross-functional org leadership, with repeated success turning research insights into high-impact products.”