Vetted Volunteers

“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.”

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.”

Marion Villanueva

Screened

Mid-level Warehouse & Operations Supervisor with logistics and shift management experience

Gillingham, United Kingdom6y exp

“Early-career game developer with 4 years of university game development plus multiple game jams, contributing across coding, art, and planning. Has shipped small PC/mobile projects and published on itch.io, tracking views/downloads and thinking about engagement metrics and IAP A/B testing for larger-scale live games.”

Jasveer Hira

Screened

Mid-level Sales and Business Development leader specializing in financial services

Remote, USA3y exp

“Healthcare-focused B2B seller with experience closing complex enterprise and PE-backed deals for AI-enabled diagnostic solutions. Stands out for building outbound and messaging systems from scratch in low-structure environments, generating $3M+ pipeline and $1M+ in new annual revenue while closing a flagship deal that alone put them at 125% of quota.”

Purva Chakravarti

Screened

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in scalable web apps, cloud, and blockchain/AI

Chino, California11y exp

“Full-stack engineer with strong production ownership across React/TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS (EC2/ECS/RDS/CloudWatch), including CI/CD, observability, and incident response. Delivered a secure RBAC workflow module end-to-end and achieved measurable gains (~30–40% latency reduction, ~50% error reduction) that lowered infra/ops costs. Comfortable in high-ambiguity startup environments—shipped a payment module within 2 days of joining with no documentation.”

“Backend-focused engineer with experience at Ramp, Easebuzz, and George Mason University, spanning data pipelines, workflow automation, and production reliability. Stands out for quantifiable performance gains, strong debugging instincts in distributed job systems, and translating ambiguous finance operations processes into measurable automation outcomes.”

“Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of professional software engineering experience who co-founded Food Truck Stars, initially a food-truck search engine and later pivoted into a catering marketplace to overcome adoption barriers. Validated the model by prototyping at car enthusiast events across the U.S. and turning a profit, using hands-on customer discovery with low-tech, time-constrained operators.”

Diana Bacero

Screened

Executive Customer Success & Operations leader specializing in B2B SaaS (CPM/FP&A)

Arcadia, CA18y exp

“Customer lifecycle/CRM practitioner with experience at DripJobs and Solver, focused on onboarding, retention, and customer education. Drove a 51% churn reduction in 90 days by overhauling onboarding with pre-training automation (Close CRM) and CS playbooks, and boosted training sign-ups 37% by shifting existing-customer marketing into CS using Totango and industry-tailored messaging.”

Diego Rivera

Screened

Intern-level sports business professional specializing in media relations and athletics

Tempe, AZ2y exp

“Currently works at an ASICS shoe store and has nearly 3 years of retail experience. Shared an example of patiently guiding a customer through many questions and converting the interaction into a multi-pair sale, showing developing sales and communication skills.”

“Manual QA tester with experience in black-box/white-box and positive/negative testing, using meeting minutes to translate requirements into executable test scenarios. Comfortable working in a structured workflow using Trello for task tracking and prioritizing urgent issues first; open to learning new standards and workflows.”

“F2P mobile LiveOps/product specialist (iOS) who acted as a bridge between product, design, and data during the live phase—analyzing player behavior, identifying loop friction, and iterating on progression, rewards, and live events. Emphasizes trust-preserving monetization through incremental cohort rollouts and tight monitoring of retention, funnel, revenue, and player feedback signals.”