Vetted Vice Presidents

“Operations and product strategy leader with experience helping the Lincoln brand scale rapidly in China, using digitally driven product development (digital twins/simulations) plus customer demand mapping and human-centered design to differentiate luxury experiences. Strong in diagnosing operating-model inefficiencies (decision rights, process flows, KPIs) and building scalable, platform-based systems while mentoring leaders through question-led advisory support.”

Alexander Smith

Screened

Junior Software Engineer and Data Scientist specializing in AI/ML systems

California, USA3y exp

“Built production-grade automation and ML/data pipelines at Dun & Bradstreet and ThreadNotion, spanning large-scale document classification, country risk report automation, and resilient Playwright testing for dynamic AI chat workflows. Particularly strong in turning brittle or ambiguous systems into reliable, observable, end-to-end automated platforms.”

“Strategic operator who localized and scaled a South Korean D2C colored contact lens brand in the US by building three flagship retail locations (LA/Miami), leveraging influencer-driven events, and then launching a wholesale B2B program now in 300 independent optometry offices generating ~$150K/month. Previously spent 6 years at a creative strategy agency (acquired by Accenture) delivering a $1M culture/service-standards transformation for AdventHealth using multi-format communications (film, art, learning design, conferences). Also runs a restaurant/food truck business and is an active creator (music, webcomics, podcasts).”

kirandeep virdi

Screened

Executive HR leader specializing in transformation, talent, and people analytics

New York, USA13y exp

“Startup operator who joined Asper.ai at the pre-product, pre-revenue stage as Head of HR and helped scale it over 3.6 years to 180+ employees, 5 global locations, $10M ARR, and a $20M Series A. Unusually broad in scope, they combined people leadership with marketing, global expansion, financial governance, brand launch execution, and M&A-related HR work.”

“Robotics software engineer with extensive ROS2 experience building and integrating full autonomous navigation stacks (sensor fusion, ICP/occupancy-grid mapping, planning). Hands-on computer vision work for drones, including monocular depth-from-RGB pipelines (Open3D/OpenCV) and model swaps to improve low-light performance. Also experienced in multi-drone coordination with Crazyswarm2 and Vicon-based state estimation, plus Gazebo simulation for TurtleBot, Franka Emika, and a Lunabotics-style excavation rover.”

“Corporate strategy / M&A professional with experience acting as a chief-of-staff-style associate to multiple managing directors at Focus Financial Partners while running parallel M&A, enterprise vendor negotiations, and infrastructure strategy work. At BNY, led strategic growth initiatives around fintech partnerships (TAM + financial modeling) and supported a confidential divestiture using rigorous information-control processes.”

Hailey Tu

Screened

Intern-level business consulting candidate specializing in strategy and process improvement

Atlanta, GA1y exp

“Georgia Tech graduating senior and student leader who turned campus professional programming into real-world outreach experience, securing startup sponsorships and building external partnerships through cold outreach. Combines relationship-building and communication strengths with structured market research experience, including a Sweetgreen strategy project with 187 survey responses and a GE Vernova process-improvement project focused on automation and cost savings.”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”