To resolve this, I reached out to everyone I knew in tech, I have worked in the industry for over 20 years and know lots of people in lots of companies globally. I also posted here on HN in this post, and several people looked into it for me.
This was really weird for me; I never usually ask for help, for anything. It's not something men in my generation do, even though I help others every chance I get.
Its actually been a valuable life lesson for me, swallowing my pride and risking coming across vulnerable was a little scary, but asking for help was worth it.
Looking back if I did this earlier in my life and career, things would of probably been a lot easier.