Director Of Technology
CurrentThe objective when I joined Lulus was to build a technology presence which had been previously 100% outsourced. • Introduced and grew a multi-discipline engineering department• Introduced the concept of Product Management to improve time to market for engineering projects• Established software development life cycle to support the business• Managed technology Capex/Opex• Brokered numerous infrastructure/technology contracts (hosting agreements, CDN partners, SAAS, productivity, corp, etc)• Defined, designed, architected, supervised, inspired and at times coded dozens of software projects• Extensive product experience in both ecommerce and back-office software development and all related concepts• Well versed in supply chain, inventory management and logistics systems• Served as sole technical authority facilitating the private equity transaction in 2014• Scaled IT service team to support 1000+ headcount• Managed multimillion dollar IT budget• Dedicated and passionate in team building and mentoring efforts• Facilitated significant security investments (identity management, secure remote workforce tech, antivirus, etc)• Served on the Leadership Team through meteoric growth and multiple equity transactions, including the eventual IPO in 2021