I am an engineering leader with 15 years of experience starting as an individual contributor, and moving into leadership. I've used my engineering mindset and business acumen to solve process problems and get organization-wide buy-in to enact changes that enable more effective product delivery.Throughout my career I have:- Built hiring process and pipeline to in-house an offshore engineering team in order to increase product velocity at a SaaS company- Introduced Product Development process to enable engineers to build and release new features on a predictable cadence- Managed engineering teams where I was able to retain and upskill multiple junior and mid level engineers into promotions with additional roles and responsibility they were able to succeed in.- Increased release cadence 7x by building out automated daily release process creating transparency in the organization which brought bug fixes and new features to sales and customer success more rapidly.- Improved release quality and visibility into engineering by building out an SDLC processes that enabled tracking and testing of individual features from development to release.- Managed internal and vendor relationships to bring a health education toy from a pre-production prototype to a product in the hands of children with chronic illnesses worldwide.Keywords for the Keyword Machines: CTO, VP of Engineering, Engineering Leadership, Head of Engineering, Hiring, SDLC, Startups, SaaS, Release Management, Architecture, Stakeholder Management, Engineering Excellence, Third-party integrations, Dish washer, Polite