John Christenson Email & Phone Number

North Port, FL, US

Punta Gorda, FL, US

Denver, Colorado, US

• Provides thought leadership, vision, and strategic planning for a $2B company while overseeing the customer-facing commercial products of Frontier Airlines (corporate website, booking website, mobile apps, kiosks, etc.).
• Ensures project completion for both our legacy and new commercial platform by planning and coordinating resources with IT, e-commerce, and executive leadership through a customized Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Responsible for leading production support for Frontier Airlines’ mission-critical applications that generate $MM+ per day in revenue.
• Rebuilt the commercial technology solutions division of Frontier Airlines from 1 employee to 50+ (development and quality assurance members).
• Led the development effort from start to finish for new revenue channel (GoWild! Membership) that generated $MM+ to the bottom line in the first year.
• Helped architect, staff, plan, and get full board approval for a rewrite of the company’s website, middleware, and native mobile apps in an ultra-modern micro-service cloud-first infrastructure.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Usherpa is a marketing CRM system for Loan Officers and Realtors.
• Hired from consulting company (below) to create the company’s CRM System.
• Provided leadership, vision, and strategic planning for $MM company with 17 employees as member of executive board; developed quarterly, annual, and five-year plans.
• Recruited, hired, and trained IT staff, project managers, and software developers with full control of IT budget.
• Orchestrated project fulfillment through the coordination of resources and schedules within a tailored SCRUM agile development framework.
• Evaluated and integrated cutting-edge technologies, essential systems, third-party collaborations, security protocols, communication strategies, and continuity plans.

• Custom software development primarily for creative design agencies.
• Oversaw daily operations for web-based software contracting and development company with full P&L and executive strategic planning responsibility.
• Served as project manager, lead developer, and architect on all projects.
• Led development of internal portal for Brinker International, parent company of Chili’s and Maggiano’s Little Italy, to manage schedules, benefits, and community relations across entire company of 50K.
• Created numerous social/community/e-commerce cutting-edge web-based solutions for various companies including clothing design, retail stores, public relations firms, and Fortune 1000 companies such as Kohl's Department.
• Created online job-application systems for The Cheesecake Factory, Panera Bread, BJ’s Restaurants, and Chuck E. Cheese with ~1M unique visitors each month with thousands of online job applications daily through design.

• Founded, cultivated, and oversaw the growth of a web-based mortgage origination business from inception to success.
• Led a team of contractors in the development of the company's e-commerce internet and intranet web software systems, actively contributing to and supporting the overarching implementation of system design.
• Oversaw the development of multiple cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for mortgage company management.
• Expanded company from 2 to 15 employees and achieved $100M+ in annual closed loan volume within 4 years by developing a proprietary online financial solution for real-time forecasting and budgeting.
• Sold the business to a construction lending company in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, which utilized the cloud-based/SaaS mortgage company management solution for several years post-sale.