Anastasia Zivic Demirci

Shady Ashkar

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Executive Technology & Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS, FinTech and HealthTech

Orange County, CA30y exp

“Engineering leader (Octane) who drove business-aligned technology roadmaps and scaled a fully distributed engineering org from 35 to 150 in 9 months using a rigorous ownership model (OARP). Led a greenfield architecture for a new vertical (AWS Lambda/ECS, Python/JS/React) that delivered an MVP in 3 months while cutting per-service cloud OPEX from ~$300+ to ~$20/month, with 15+ years of remote-first leadership experience.”

“Leader with 20 years spanning international nonprofit, academic, and business environments, focused on solving hard coordination and scaling problems. More recently led AI-driven modernization in the mortgage sector, including loan processing and underwriting transformation, bridging executives, operations, and technology to deliver meaningful efficiency gains and adoption in historically change-resistant teams.”

“Senior product executive with leadership experience in both insurance and legal tech, including a 0-to-1 AI/ML visual intelligence claims platform at Solera that generated $15M ARR in year one. Stands out for combining enterprise product strategy, cross-functional execution, ML fluency, and financially disciplined product leadership, plus a track record of UX-led growth such as a 300% user-base increase at Epiq.”

“Former Army leader turned communications executive, startup founder, and public-sector operator who has repeatedly built functions from scratch in ambiguous, high-stakes environments. Unusually broad profile spanning global SaaS scale-up leadership, major construction and facilities operations, and NYC government executive management, with measurable impact including a 61% backlog reduction and oversight of 57 buildings plus $97M+ in budget.”