Vetted User Research Professionals

“Gaming integrations specialist with experience shipping pre-built slot games (e.g., Push Gaming titles) to casinos, operators, and aggregators via API integrations. Handles end-to-end launch workflow including requirements gathering, compliance/jurisdictional constraints, staging-to-production deployments, and coordinating bilateral API testing and production monitoring for new market launches.”

Arianna Hofmeister

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Leader specializing in logistics SaaS and AI workflows

Missouri, USA9y exp

“First product hire at ColdTrack who helped transform a 3PL into a technology company by building ColdTrack Live, a proprietary cold-chain parcel optimization OMS now backed by $10MM in tech investment. Unusually hands-on across product, UX, QA, and AI automation, with proven impact in logistics operations, client growth, and human-centered AI workflow design.”

“Seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience who has raised capital for both his own companies and others, primarily through private equity and angel investors. Currently exiting his last company and open to either launching a new startup or stepping into a leadership role, with a strong bias toward disruptive, high-growth businesses that can leverage AI.”

“Founder-operator with investor experience who has built a seed-stage company to live usage, meaningful DAUs, a large waitlist, and roughly $1.2M raised. Has operated on both sides of the startup ecosystem—as a Techstars founder raising from firms and as a VC deploying capital—and brings a rigorous, user-first approach to evaluating and scaling new ventures.”

Nidhi Sharma

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Junior Software Engineer specializing in backend systems, AI, and cloud infrastructure

Noida, India2y exp

“Built multiple AI-heavy systems with a strong engineering lens on observability, reliability, and real-world usability, including an LLM gateway for auditability/failure isolation and Allyvision, an accessibility tool for visually impaired users. Also owned an end-to-end warehouse shipment tracking dashboard at Addverb Technologies that drove measurable operational gains, combining backend/data depth with frontend product execution.”

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.”

Rebecca Johnson

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior Product Manager specializing in AI workflows and healthcare SaaS

Remote, USA8y exp

“Homegrown product/program leader with 8 years of experience who has repeatedly found high-cost operational pain points and turned them into scalable product wins. Most notably, they built an address-validation and fraud-prevention system in non-emergency medical transportation that produced multi-million-dollar savings, and previously led an AI-assisted OCR workflow that raised accuracy to 98.6% and drove major efficiency gains.”

“Venture/accelerator operator with experience at Newchip Accelerator (Austin) and Boomerang Venture Studios, focused on high-volume sourcing and qualifying founders and building an investor network through automated LinkedIn/email outbound and events. Known for translating outreach into founder–investor meetings, running structured discovery, and using rubric/risk grading to drive go/no-go decisions while maintaining strong post-meeting feedback loops.”

“IT professional exploring a startup in digital transformation and IT security, motivated by repeated client needs around efficient resource utilization and better adoption. Emphasizes user-centric, iterative transformation with strong training and feedback loops, paired with security fundamentals like privacy and least-privilege access. Has limited familiarity with VC/accelerators and is not currently pursuing investment.”

Pravelliika Chirivella

Screened

Mid-level Full-Stack Developer specializing in Django/React and FinTech automation

New York, NY3y exp

“Product-minded full-stack engineer who owns customer-facing products end-to-end and iterates quickly using MVP validation, feature flags, automated testing, and staged rollouts. Has built TypeScript/React systems with modular backends and designed microservices with async messaging (RabbitMQ), handling scale issues like ordering, retries, and idempotency. Also delivered an internal ops automation tool with a self-serve real-time workflow dashboard that reduced errors and drove rapid adoption.”

Frank Albanese

Screened

Executive CTO & Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML and distributed systems

New York, NY10y exp

“Founder of Essence, a wisdom and memory preservation platform with early testing indicating mental health benefits and positive impact for hospice patients. Has raised $25K to date and reports prior capital-raising experience through Y Combinator and the Berkeley Angel Network, with a GTM plan starting in hospice and expanding to the general public.”

Sakethram Marpu

Screened

Junior Investment Analyst specializing in AI & DeepTech

Bengaluru, India2y exp

“VC-style founder sourcer who uses technical signals (GitHub) and niche communities (Elpha/Indie Hackers/Discord) to identify early-stage opportunities, including thesis-driven sourcing in applied AI infrastructure/observability from YC W24. Emphasizes value-first LinkedIn outreach and long-horizon relationship building (e.g., built a personal relationship with Snitch’s CTO who later reached out first about a new startup).”

“Founder of an AI + blockchain software startup in the cryptocurrency space, positioned around authenticity and MiCA regulatory compliance for crypto companies. Has participated in 6 accelerators and mentors in VC-backed programs, using a feedback-driven MVP approach and validating product-market fit through direct user outreach and payment commitment.”

“Built and launched a production AI knowledge assistant at Virtusa used by 8,000 people, combining RAG, tool use, and strong reliability practices to cut lookup time by 60%. Also owns full-stack delivery, including a real-time transaction monitoring dashboard built with React, Spring Boot, and Kafka handling 200K API requests per day.”

“Growth marketer with strong end-to-end ownership across messaging, experimentation, and funnel systems for complex products and international expansion. They combine customer research, cross-functional sales/product alignment, and marketing automation to drive measurable outcomes, including 18% MoM customer acquisition growth, 40% lower MQL-to-SQL friction, and a 24% lift in SQL-to-opportunity conversion.”

“Solo full-stack builder who shipped a restaurant loyalty app across iOS and Android and independently built revenue-generating job data APIs on Apify. Combines product discovery with hands-on engineering, having grown his scraping/API products to 1,800+ MAUs, 1M+ monthly results, and over $8.5K in cumulative revenue.”