Michael Panderla

Timothy Washington

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Product Manager specializing in AI-powered products and responsible AI

Cranbury, NJ18y exp

“Mission-driven product and program leader who built WhatsApp’s talent inclusion infrastructure from scratch and later applied AI at Google to scale inclusive product evaluation across 25+ teams, including Gemini. Brings a rare mix of product systems thinking, human-centered AI judgment, and lived experience growing up in public housing that deeply informs their focus on equity, access, and accountable technology.”

Alexandra Esparza

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Investment Banking & Capital Markets Leader specializing in TMT and Digital Health

Brooklyn, NY15y exp

“Private-capital-focused investment banker (former sports/health-tech banker) building a two-sided wellness coaching marketplace plus SaaS platform to help coaches run their businesses and consumers discover/vet/book non-regulated wellness modalities. Has an MVP, landing page, and waitlist, and is running a data-driven traction plan (ads, surveys, alpha testing, Discord/Reddit) before pursuing fundraising channels.”

“Engineering leader who drove Lightroom Mobile’s roadmap at Adobe by enforcing reuse of Photoshop imaging tech to deliver RAW, non-destructive mobile editing with full Creative Cloud compatibility. In startup environments, has repeatedly scaled and professionalized engineering orgs (career ladders, evaluation systems, delivery process) and led high-stakes cloud/platform transformations—migrating off Heroku and consolidating fragmented AWS/GCP usage into a single GCP platform—improving reliability, deploy speed, and cutting cloud costs by 20%+.”

Alok Kumar

Screened

Director-level Product Management leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI governance

Atlanta, GA24y exp

“Senior product leader with substantial end-to-end build experience across Microsoft, Amazon, NCR, and a current AI startup. Particularly notable for creating a machine-readable compliance platform at Microsoft, shipping AI-enabled support workflows, and combining enterprise-scale product rigor with a human-centered view of personalized AI.”

“People operations and talent acquisition leader who was handpicked to launch the first Google Operations Center in the U.S., building the entire hiring and people-program infrastructure from the ground up (including selecting/configuring Greenhouse). Experienced scaling in new markets using deep talent intelligence and transferable-skill frameworks, and currently advises founders as a board member for a talent acquisition startup with a data-and-benchmarks-driven operating cadence.”