Vetted Vice Presidents

“Light industrial staffing operations leader who scaled from multi-unit branch manager to Market VP overseeing four Dallas–Fort Worth branches (~$63M annual volume) and 56–58 direct reports. Known for data-driven SOP/operations turnarounds that lifted revenue 30%+ and gross profit 25%+ (President’s Club top 10%), plus leading a multi-market Employee Bridge mobile app pilot and tightening E-Verify compliance for high-volume accounts like HelloFresh.”

“Executive sales leader with 20+ years of experience spanning Director to COO/CSO/founder roles, known for building and rebuilding large sales organizations. Particularly notable for transforming a 357-person GoHealth region into the company's top performer and for creating Rewards Network's first inside sales function after 30 years of field-only selling, producing outsized early results. Brings a rare mix of public sector exposure, national-scale sales leadership, and hands-on operational design across CRM, forecasting, compliance, and manager development.”

Brandon Pav

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive CTO specializing in cloud architecture, DevSecOps, and scalable SaaS platforms

Indianapolis, IN13y exp

“Founder of Pavtek Consulting LLC who acts as a hands-on technology leader for startups, building MVPs and full-stack AI products, custom ERPs, integrations, and AI agent chat tools. Notably led a major turnaround at Dyknow (EdTech), cutting major cloud waste and moving the business from a $500k annual loss to double profitability within two years before a successful acquisition.”

“Aspiring founder with moderate familiarity with the VC and startup studio ecosystem, motivated by the ability to solve problems according to their own vision. Particularly interested in building in home services and mental health/counseling, and expresses strong commitment to entrepreneurship.”

“Serverless-focused engineer (5+ years) who has built and deployed AWS Lambda/API Gateway backends with CloudFormation-based IaC and Jenkins-driven CI/CD across dev/staging/prod. Has experience with AWS Glue/OpenSearch data pipelines and emphasizes data correctness via Golden Data automated tests; also modernized a regulated .NET account-confirmation workflow by eliminating an unreliable SMTP email dependency. Based in San Jose, seeking primarily remote work with quarterly travel to Bethesda, MD and targeting $200k base.”

Godwin Idowu

Screened

Intern Software Engineer specializing in AI/ML and full-stack systems

Gambier, OH4y exp

“Full-stack engineer with hands-on ownership of both real-time marketplace features and production AI systems. Built AI-powered matching at an early-stage startup and shipped LLM-driven CRM and competitive intelligence workflows using OpenAI, LangChain, and RAG, with measurable gains in engagement, workflow reduction, and decision speed.”

“Serial CEO, startup operator, and capital raiser who says he has raised over $1B and led 5 high-growth tech-enabled businesses to successful exits. He combines fundraising, venture-building, regulatory problem-solving, and brand creation—highlighted by scaling Ventete, mentoring for a decade in venture networks, partnering at TIFIN, and helping create proprietary financial structures that processed $12.5B in deal flow.”

“Built the US market for Karya in an ambiguous zero-base environment, creating a repeatable outbound playbook for spice buyers, importers, and food manufacturers. Combines HubSpot, Salesforce, and Claude to run highly personalized, high-volume outreach; recently turned 200+ post-event emails into 10 online and 2 in-person meetings in 2 days, and says their accounts now represent around 40% of company revenue.”

“Operations-focused advisor/consultant for early-stage and growing companies, with repeated experience scaling processes and people. Has driven measurable improvements in SaaS partnerships by implementing partner scoring, onboarding, and accountability systems, and reduced churn for an outsourced IT provider by clarifying roles and responsibilities without adding headcount. Known for mentoring founders through data-backed, Socratic questioning to unlock tough decisions like reallocating spend away from underperforming partners.”

“Veteran project and portfolio leader with 25+ years delivering enterprise B2B/SaaS implementations across financial services, healthcare, retail, legal tech, manufacturing, and public sector environments. Brings unusual breadth from traditional enterprise software to industrial IoT/AI and smart city platforms, with experience scaling from small POVs to $10M-$20M rollouts while serving as the bridge between executives, customers, and engineering teams.”