Independent reference letters (for EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and O-1)
I now work with twelve industry experts on independent reference letters.
You can request a letter from one or more of these experts through this form: https://forms.gle/8QTB46Np1JmFuJSK8
Here is a list of their profiles:
Expert 1: an Associate Professor at Rutgers University who has 2300+ citations, published in top journals, and presented at top conferences. He also works as an AI and Computer Vision Lead for the New York Yankees and previously worked for IBM. He is also a Principal Investigator at the prestigious $26 million NSF Engineering Research Center and was awarded a $1 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop an AI-baed platform. He holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and a BS from MIT. He was also recently appointed to the position of Site Director (for Rutgers) for the new NSF-funded Center on Responsible AI and Governance (CRAIG).
Expert 2: a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, one of the world’s leading AI platforms, focusing on product and capabilities frontiers. Previously, he served as a Senior Software Engineer at UiPath, where he led the development of multimodal and human-in-the-loop systems for UiPath’s AI Agents, and as the founding engineer at Paperplane, a Y Combinator-backed startup. Earlier in his career, he worked as a staff engineer with Toptal, providing technical leadership across multiple industries. He holds a PhD from New York University, where his research applied computational and statistical methods to problems in cognitive science. His work across startups, enterprise AI, and frontier research positions him as an authority on the development and deployment of advanced AI technologies.
Expert 3: the founder of one of the biggest MLOps communities in the world (over 100k) members. He has interviewed leading names around MLOps, data science, and ML.
Expert 4: a senior AI and product executive with over 20 years of experience building and scaling data-driven products. She was most recently VP/GM at Credit Karma, where she led the development of an AI-powered financial assistant used by millions and drove large-scale personalization efforts. Her earlier roles span IBM, Meta, and BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo), across both technical and busines leadership positions. She now advises companies on integrating AI into product development and team workflows. She holds an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Engineering from the University of Illinois.
Expert 5: the CEO of Docufly and the former Chief Product Officer of SafeSend, which exited for $600 million (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Through his work in product management, he has scaled revenue of a flagship product from $50 million to $160 million, 6x’ed revenue at a Series B startup, grown NPS to 65, built teams across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia, and increased product development throughput at a scale-up company by 400%.
Expert 6, a principal software engineer at various startups and corporate (Fortune 500) organizations with 32+ years of experience. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University and has worked as a principal software engineer at Microsoft, a software development manager at Amazon, a tech director at Globant, and in various other roles at various other companies.
Expert 7: the founder and CEO of MindStudio, an AI Agent building platform (over 200k AI Agents deployed). He is the former CTO of Myspace, created Veoh, and has led social product initiatives for Google. Prior to Veoh, he founded Akonix Systems, Inc., an enterprise cybersecurity company, which raised $34 million in venture capital and was acquired by Quest Software.
Expert 8: an MIT lecturer who also works at a top AI startup based in the U.S. He has over two decades of experience in industries such as finance, telecommunications, travel, etc., and is also a research fellow at a top Australian university.
Expert 9: an Associate Professor of Economics at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and Program Lead for the university’s Techpreneurship Program, which he designed, developed, and launched. His expertise includes R&D public policy, optimal policy design, and international trade and its effects on innovation, alongside methodological strengths in quasi-natural experiments, time series analysis, and risk modeling. Since join HU in 2017, Pavlo has spearheaded major program initiatives in Techpreneurship while teaching graduate courses in economics, data analytics, and innovation. He also serves as a Special Advisor to the Rector at Kyiv School of Economics, advising on curriculum and faculty development issues.
Expert 10: a power substation engineer with over 25 years of experience in the utilities industry (specifically power substations). He is the Chair of an IEEE Section and has a background in electrical engineering. He also has leadership experience in construction, project management, and engineering management.
Expert 11: a senior AI Engineer at LinkedIn. She previously worked as a Computer Vision Research Engineer at the MIT Media Lab and has had her research published in top computer vision conferences like WACV and CVPR. She has also published NLP research work in ICASSP. She has also been a reviewer for top ML conferences like KDD 2024-2025, ACM CSUR 2025, ICLR 2024, WACV 2023-2025, ECCV 2025, and ICML 2021.
Expert 12: a machine learning expert who built a model that transformed his industry. He currently works as a Senior Data Scientist at a top U.S. company. He also got approved for EB-2 NIW and EB-1A.
We can provide letters in the following fields:
AI
Computer Vision
Product Management
Economics
Finance
Public Policy
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Machine Learning
Data Science
Data Analytics
Healthcare Analytics
Supply Chain
Data Privacy
Information Security
Multimodal Learning
Electrical Engineering
Energy and Power Generation
Also, here are recordings of recent information sessions with the experts who will be working on letters:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s1Gtf7OgM9fuBP-dqP_rbgvc-kSEkF4c/view?usp=sharing (with Expert 1).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HC1VPP-RcRtOp1JmG3BULQmSVq24VKvj/view?usp=sharing (with Expert 8).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16BBxd30iTg7q_yEc4WsrualBlbsbAGW-/view?usp=drive_link (with Expert 12).
Note: This is a pilot initiative. Letters are paid evaluations (positive endorsement provided strictly based on merit after review).
About me:
My name is Jason and I work with top immigration lawyers on educational resources related EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and O-1. Most of the profile-building insights I share in this newsletter come from my work with these lawyers.
Outreach Initiative:
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With current members of this initiative, in around a month, I have been able to help them land:
83 peer review opportunities with NeurIPS, a top AI conference, an IEEE AI conference, and the IEEE Computer Society’s flagship magazine, Computer.
245 industry-focused hackathon judging opportunities (including a hackathon at the Y Combinator offices with Anthropic, a hackathon sponsored by Anthropic, an MIT hackathon sponsored by OpenAI, a hackathon with NVIDIA, an official Cursor hackathon, and an AWS hackathon).
2 conference committee invitations with a top AI conference.
2 conference speaking opportunity.
2 peer review advisory board opportunities with one of the fastest growing AI communities in the world.
8 speaking opportunities at high profile events.
1 opportunity to lead an AI workshop.
Here are reviews from current members of the outreach initiative: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfQJbVlRmRGxhj4JbFQD6YSScdAvGY_PrTLo9ebrHPs/edit?usp=sharing
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Independent References:
I also currently work with 12 experts (an Associate Professor at Rutgers, a Stanford guest lecturer, the former CTO of MySpace, etc.) on EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and O-1 independent reference letters. You can submit a request for a letter or letters here: https://forms.gle/k5NpBURkfo5ozgL1A
As a paid subscriber to this newsletter, you get access to:
My EB-1A/EB-2 NIW/O-1 profile-building opportunities database (400+ opportunities so far, updated every 2-3 days). Once you become a paid subscriber, I will share this spreadsheet with you.
My private EB-1A/EB-2 NIW/O-1 profile-building group (link below, you will also get access to the newsletter chat). Members have been able to:
Land speaking opportunities.
Land peer review and other judging opportunities (through a university contact listed in my newsletter resources and through peer reviewer members of my private group).
Land conference committee positions.
Find co-authors for papers.
Get in touch with reporters.
Find independent references.
Get involved in top member organizations in their field.
Work with other profile-builders.
Judge hackathons.
Help with finding a lawyer (I am currently working on a list of lawyer recommendations and also in the process of vetting several firms. I have also asked them for special offers).
My contacts database (these are universities, event organizers, and people involved in relevant organizations that I have spoken to, you can mention my name if you decide to reach out to them). Also, next week, I will be speaking to someone who has won six hackathons to see if he can share insights on how to land hackathon judging opportunities.
Video resources (recorded question and answer-style videos with EB-1A recipients, recordings of my EB-1A profile-building office hours), my guides to EB-1A and EB-2 NIW profile-building, and my reviews of AAO decisions (which go into USCIS’s reasoning for denying an EB-1A/O-1 petition). I review both EB-1A and O-1 decisions.
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