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Naruto Uzumaki

JavaScript Developer

Naruto is a highly efficient and reliable professional who possesses a broad skill set for web application development. He's been working on a range of products and clients—from working on scalability problems in production engineering teams at Shopify and Autodesk to launching new applications for startups. Most of his work consists of leading technical teams, by creating an easy development environment, fixing technical debts, providing best practices code examples, and mentoring devs.

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Sasuke Uchiha

Java Developer

Sasuke is a technical professional with a passion for learning and 15+ years of experience leading teams to build enterprise-grade distributed applications that solve real-world problems. He is a firm believer that collaboration across all facets of a business, from development to marketing to sales, is required to succeed in this endeavor.

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Sakura Haruno

Python Developer

Sakura is a software engineer and entrepreneur with an MSc in theoretical physics from Imperial College London. She excels at building full-stack systems with the web, desktop, and mobile apps, microservices, and external integrations. Sakura co-founded an international marketing agency and three startups in developer tools, cybersecurity, and AI. Sakura regularly releases TypeScript packages and contributes to other open-source projects.

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Gaara

Product Designer

Mentored at Apple, Gaara has spent over ten years helping teams create human-centered products that delight customers. After a product role at Square, he led and directed a remote team of five engineers, built and grew a lifestyle brand, and cut his teeth as a designer in a founder role. As one of ELITE's elites, he's changed the way organizations solve problems for their users, as well as produced world-class interfaces across B2B/B2C markets. Gaara is currently innovating crypto fintech.

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Kankuro

UX/UI Designer

Kankuro is a French UX designer with more than 13 years’ experience in design, user experience, interaction design, and visual identity across a broad range of industries. He's had the opportunity to work with big accounts such as LEGO Education and MIT. He applies user-centered methodologies to help internal and external teams write product requirements to deliver research insights, experience maps, information architecture, and wireframes.

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Temari Nara

Visual Designer

Temari is an award-winning designer who uses storytelling, art, and technology to instigate positive social change and build stronger businesses. She's worked with a range of Fortune500 companies, major nonprofits, government agencies, and startups. Over the last ten years, Temari's work has helped these companies change their public image, reach broader audiences, and impact more lives. She'd love to collaborate with you on your next big challenge.

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Jugo

M&A Expert

Jugo has 15 years of expertise in go-to-market engagements conducting over 100 projects for Fortune 500 companies and championing startups. He founded STRATYGIKA, an international strategy consulting boutique specialized in go-to-market offerings led by former Bain & McKinsey consultants. Prior to that, Jugo worked with Second City Capital, a private equity company. He was also a strategy consultant for Bain & Company. Anuar holds an MBA from INSEAD and a B.Sc. in Economics from ITAM.

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Suigetsu Hozuki

Market Researcher

Suigetsu has more than fifteen years of experience in research, finance, consulting, and business management. During this time, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization focusing on the circular economy, and Novu, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Suigetsu is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Karin Uzumaki

Interim CFO

Karin is a CFO for growth companies and a former equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in NY where she helped lead numerous transactions including Zipcar's $1.1 billion IPO. She was also an equity analyst at Barclays Capital & Lehman Brothers and began her career at a boutique investment bank (M&A, restructuring, debt financings). She's built her operational skills both as a startup founder and as the CFO of an East Africa-focused impact investment firm.

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Kakashi Hatake

Agile Project Manager

Kakashi started out as a software developer but moved on to more suitable roles—scrum master and Agile project manager—which he’s been successfully occupying for over the past decade. His technical background and business-oriented mindset facilitate effective communication with development teams and with different business stakeholders. Recently in his latest projects, he also works as an Agile coach to foster scrum adoption.

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Might Guy

Mobile Project Manager

Guy has been working with technology and software development since the early 1990s, initially in website development, then transitioning to managing general development delivery, system integration, project teams, and project portfolios. His industry experience has included several telcos and technology startups. He has recently begun coaching Waterfall to Agile transformations and has helped several SMEs with their migration to Scrum.

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Iruka Umino

IT Project Manager

Iruka is a veteran senior project manager and technology delivery lead who's experienced in both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies. He specializes in delivering technologies and transforming business processes in financial services. Iruka has leveraged strong communication and problem-solving skills to successfully manage complex and large technology projects that deliver business value.

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Madara Uchiha

Product Owner

Madara is a passionate technologist and successful startup executive with 15+ years of experience leading high-performing digital product management, engineering, QA, and marketing teams. He focuses on lean methodology, design prototyping, mobile apps, SaaS platforms, and APIs. Madara is an advocate for customer-centric design, UX, and the thoughtful application of technological innovations.

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Hashirama Senju

Interim CPO

Hashirama is a seasoned product strategy consultant and trainer with nearly 20 years of experience shipping digital enterprise products at IBM, Microsoft, and SAP. He is also a global expert on delivering complex products and solutions at an enterprise scale.

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Tobirama Senju

Product Manager

Tobirama is a business-minded manager and technology-focused strategist transforming companies and enabling users through the use of IT solutions. With 7+ years of experience in process improvement, ERP system development and deployment, and successful project management, Tobirama has worked at insurance, finance, healthcare, and aerospace companies.

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