Vetted User Research Professionals

“AWS-focused software engineer who built a self-serve ETL pipeline scheduling service for non-engineers, including automated CloudFormation-based onboarding that cut setup time from 2–3 weeks to ~5 minutes. Strong in production reliability and customer-facing data platforms (EMR/DynamoDB/Lambda), with examples spanning pagination at scale, cross-table consistency, and phased rollouts to improve Parquet log SLAs.”

Rom Manzano

Screened

Executive technical founder and full-stack engineer specializing in AI, SaaS, and FinTech

New York, NY15y exp

“Engineer coming out of a venture studio as it winds down, now seeking another zero-to-one environment with strong studio support and go-to-market playbooks. They show a thoughtful founder mindset centered on rapid shipping, design-partner validation, lean execution, and testing whether users will actually pay for a workflow-specific solution.”

Wendy Liu

Screened

Mid-level growth marketing manager specializing in digital strategy and analytics

New Haven, CT4y exp

“Early-career candidate with internship experience spanning podcast/community outreach and B2B SaaS outbound campaigns. They stand out for combining personalized research, webinar-led demand generation, and data-driven email optimization, citing results such as 60% open rates, roughly 100 booked consultations, and a 40% conversion lift from CTA changes.”

“MBA-trained operator-investor who interned in venture capital at Marquee Ventures while also founding GoodBites Brisket Jerky. Brings a rare combination of startup evaluation experience and true zero-to-one execution, having built outbound sales, sourced manufacturers, created a website with Claude Code, and run day-to-day operations for a specialty food brand.”

“Mission-driven founder at the pre-seed stage with a fully developed business plan, validated concept, and defined business model. They demonstrate strong early-stage startup judgment through demand validation, scalability assessment across repeatable use cases and multi-city expansion, and informed familiarity with VC, studio, and accelerator pathways while preparing for first outside capital.”

“Co-founded academic-index (10,000+ users) and built a full-stack Next.js 14 document upload + client-side OCR + Gemini-powered analysis pipeline with strong production reliability (custom monitoring, retries, quality gates) and measurable gains (accuracy ~94%→98.5%, failures down ~60%). Also owns end-to-end biometric data visualization and a data-driven brand/UX overhaul at pre-seed health/performance startup Absolute Rest, with a background running a multi-client dev studio (Zen Digital).”

“Product leader with notable experience launching Uber's first support chatbot, scaling it through localization, richer self-serve UX, and platform investments while driving measurable gains in CSAT and automation. Also brings regulated-industry experience from Eaze, where they led a seed-to-sale compliance integration, plus people management experience mentoring PM interns into full-time roles.”

Steve Palley

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in marketplaces, consumer products, and health-tech

Los Angeles, CA21y exp

“Product leader with a rare mix of zero-to-one marketplace building, AI product development, and mission-driven consumer experience work. Led the creation of StoryLoom at Pixelberry/Nexon as a 'Roblox for writers,' is currently building a privacy-conscious AI concierge for a first responder coaching marketplace, and previously co-founded ApplyMap to deliver free AI-powered college guidance for underserved students.”

“Edtech product leader with experience at Harvard Business Publishing, Coursera, and Ariel Group, specializing in experiential learning products like simulations, role plays, and AI-enabled practice tools. Particularly compelling for mission-driven education roles because they pair strong platform and go-to-market execution with a clear philosophy of human-centered AI that augments teaching rather than replacing it.”

“Senior product leader from Atlassian with a strong track record in web growth, AI/ML personalization, ecommerce, and platform modernization. They led a major funnel turnaround, launched Atlassian's first self-service cloud cart that generated $75M in year one, and delivered sales automation products that drove $180M while demonstrating strong cross-functional and people leadership.”

“Product leader with experience at Intuit and Amazon, spanning AI-powered sales workflows, seller experience, and platform/data teams. Stands out for combining strong UX judgment with human-centered AI principles, delivering measurable outcomes like 91% engagement on AI-guided selling and a 28% reduction in time to first value in seller onboarding.”

Emily Wood

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Management leader specializing in digital media, edtech, and e-commerce

Boston, MA15y exp

“Product leader with experience as the first product manager at Harvard Business Review, where they grew into Director of Product and built out the PM team. More recently, they shipped an AI-enabled learning pathway curation tool using RAG and have been driving platform centralization and human-centered AI strategy in enterprise learning.”

“Product and consumer growth professional from a B2C app background, focused on improving retention/activation and driving revenue through customer/product data. Experienced in maintaining BI layers and dashboards and running KPI-driven analysis across returns/refunds operations (NPS/CSAT, TAT, repeat complaints). Familiar with core F2P monetization mechanics and how to evaluate IAP offers via A/B testing; has shipped/managed products on mobile and web.”

“Finance professional (Citi) blending strategic account work with hands-on analytics/automation: led Asia’s first digital banking conferences and delivered 6 institutional client acquisitions. Built self-serve dashboards/VBA tools and self-taught Python to create an ML classifier still used daily, and uncovered ~$5M in untapped annual revenue. Experienced partnering with compliance/legal and navigating sensitive regulatory information in FX markets.”

“Product manager with 5+ years spanning JPMorgan Chase and Airbnb, combining fintech, marketplace, and platform experience. Stands out for driving measurable growth— including 50,000 new active users via onboarding experimentation— and for leading ambiguous 0-to-1 internal automation work in a regulated compliance environment.”