Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the Austin Metro

“Operations/engineering leader from Poly who optimized a professional headset portfolio by aggressively prioritizing technical debt and consolidating HW/SW platforms (down to 2 each), accelerating time-to-market by ~6 months and enabling 3–6 month variant cycles. Also drove AI-enabled quality improvements by leveraging JIRA bug data to automate test case creation and expand coverage, while aligning engineering and product management around MVO delivery.”

Suparna Roy

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Executive Cloud Infrastructure & SRE Leader specializing in AI-driven reliability and security

Austin, TX14y exp

“Engineering/technology leader with IBM Cloud experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization from classic architecture to a standardized VPC/next-generation DC platform. Reports major outcomes including cutting region launch time from ~18 months to ~3 months and reducing operating costs by ~80% via automation, modular undercloud services, and platform standardization, while scaling a globally distributed org with clear service ownership and accountability.”

Mustafa Shabib

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Executive technology leader and software engineer specializing in healthcare technology

Austin, TX23y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator with venture-backed startup experience since 2015, including serving as CTO-in-Residence at a healthcare venture studio in NYC and participating in a NYC incubator. Currently exploring new company ideas through active network-driven discovery and is strongly motivated by ambiguous, high-impact, team-building opportunities.”

“Senior engineering leader with experience at ActiveProspect, Broadlume, and Zume, leading multidisciplinary orgs across growth and M&A while standardizing delivery, architecture, and quality practices. Stands out for combining executive-level roadmap, budget, and compliance ownership with hands-on prototyping and architectural intervention on mission-critical platforms, including AI-enabled testing and quality systems.”

“Engineering/technology leader with experience at Expedia and startup OneRail, known for building business-aligned technology roadmaps and scaling orgs rapidly (11 to 120 engineers in a year). Has driven large productivity and efficiency gains by operationalizing AI agents (code reviews, upgrades, security fixes) and implementing ChatOps-based deployment architecture, using data-driven experimentation to manage platform changes and conversion impacts.”

William Elderton

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Executive technology leader specializing in FinTech, cloud platforms, and digital transformation

Austin, TX26y exp

“Seasoned operator with 30 years of experience at multiple startup companies, primarily in venture-backed environments, plus some exposure to private equity-backed firms. The candidate is highly familiar with the VC and accelerator ecosystem, though they clarified they were pursuing a CTO role rather than actively planning to found a startup.”

“Early-stage venture and talent operator with experience sourcing founders and leadership talent, including helping source Truemoringa into a pre-seed investment. Brings a relationship-first style, broad venture-network sourcing, and structured diligence processes spanning product, IP, legal, operations, and cap table review.”

“CTO candidate with experience in multiple VC-backed startups, emphasizing timing and disciplined scaling of engineering orgs (people, product, process). Evaluates technology choices through a customer-value lens and proactively flags business/tech misalignment, with a pragmatic approach to venture viability using TAM, competitive landscape, and leading indicators.”

“Engineering leader with experience owning product engineering strategy, architecture, and org scaling across hospitality/workforce management and insurance startup environments. They describe being brought in to help Fourth Inc. revamp engineering for large-scale enterprise customers, while also scaling teams at The Zebra and staying hands-on with production monitoring, performance analysis, and cross-team architectural execution.”

Jeff Cushler

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Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in Healthcare IT, SaaS, and Cloud Transformation

Austin, TX30y exp

“Startup product/enterprise-stack builder who helped take Ventric Health from R&D to a market-launched healthcare product in 2024, operating in a $34M-raised, revenue-generating model leveraging Medicare C reimbursement through providers. Previously drove adoption of an integrated K-12 digital learning platform distributed to 100+ institutions over two years, with reported improvements in test scores.”

“CTO-oriented engineering leader who emphasizes building and mentoring teams while aligning technology work to real business needs through close collaboration with product stakeholders. Also has entrepreneurial exposure, including an alcohol-related startup and prior experience securing funding.”

“CTO/AI executive with repeated 0-to-1 leadership and founder experience across banking software, cloud, and fintech. Most recently, as a fractional CAIO, built a 50+ person team and launched 3 products in 9 months generating $10M+ new revenue; previously founded Trilogy (200+ clients in 7 countries) and created cloud tech that helped drive a $35M acquisition by VMware.”