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Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Lead all Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Engineering, and Project Management initiatives supporting 6M unique monthly users across multiple platforms (Web, iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin, eCommerce). Technology management includes Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Node.js, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cloud Functions, monitoring and tooling, web applications and mobile applications.Reduced technical costs by 40% by rearchitecting legacy systems (updating middleware/databases and migrating to a more elegant API platform) and re-evaluating software and services deployed in the production environment.Negotiate contracts, manage budgeting, and determine human and capital resource allocation including recruiting and performance management. Launched Bill Murray 1000 NFT collection including exclusive events and content with Bill Murray, the most successful NFT launch on the Coinbase platform.

Technical advisor and consultant to companies of all stages.Notable clients include Honda Powersports and Canyon Bicycles USA.Advise on product direction/roadmaps and lead engineering efforts to execute on product vision/produce MVPs. Actively participated in the scoping of organizational needs and hiring of technology teams. Documented architectural frameworks and data models, and managed associated epics and tasks for delivery. Coded minimal viable products using Node.js, Next.js, React, NPM, Sanity CRM, Firebase, AWS, and Stripe APIs.

Austin, Tx, Us

Led transition to online commerce while accelerating revenue and growth. Created all necessary technologies and wrote automation software to merchandise 6000+ SKUs. Increased conversion rate by 12.8% and revenue by 23.9%. Technical leader for business model shift to curbside pickup, increasing eCommerce channel revenue by 1300% YOY. Automated integration of online channel and point of sale system. Architected and developed merchandising software using C#, MSSQL, XML, REST, JSON, and HTML.

Bloomington, Minnesota, Us

Established Bright Health Austin, recruited and hired technology and design team of 12 individuals. Developed registration, benefits, and plan portals for the 2017 open enrollment season. Integrated HIPAA compliant technology practices for technical, administrative, and physical safeguards. Established and led 3rd party relationships for data warehousing, digital development, and customer portals.

Established initial technical guidance and roadmap to make healthcare data easier to access and reduce the gap between payer and provider. Integrated technology and data from multiple healthcare providers into b.well stack. Partnered with founding team in fundraising and business development efforts. Prototyped applications and developed MVP using Python, MySQL, MongoDB and Angular.js.

Oversaw design and implementation of Wayblazer’s natural language processing (NLP)-based travel platform which ingested regional travel data and created relevance between the data points to provide recommendations. Led B2B technology and integration efforts with OutsideGO, Austin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Marriott, Leading Hotels Worldwide, and Morris Communications to increase conversion and revenue in the purchase funnel. Closed $5M series A round from The Entrepreneur’s Fund, Gobi Partners, and IBM. Established intellectual property for the business, drafted and filed 6 patents in the artificial intelligence space.

Austin, Tx, Us

Communicated RetailMeNot's strategic initiatives, accomplishments, market findings, and opportunities to external audiences including TV, analyst debriefing, panels, and presentations at national conferences. Represented the RetailMeNot business to retailers, vendors, strategic partners, and ecosystem peers. Identified technical and retail trends for RMN to discuss on a national scale.

Austin, Tx, Us

Managed growth of mobile P&L, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning. Oversaw scope, development, deployment, and scaling of RMN’s mobile strategy. Guided product development and UI/UX customer experience testing for Mobile Web, iOS, and Android applications, increasing mobile user growth from 3% to 35% of total traffic. Collaborated with Apple iOS and Google Play teams on product marketing initiatives, with RetailMeNot applications reaching #1 in their respective categories in both stores.

Austin, Tx, Us

Joined RetailMeNot as 7th employee (1st technical employee) and grew the business to $200M+ in revenue. Led team of 20+ spanning devops, system administration, engineering, database, architecture, and product. Identified organizational and technical needs, hiring, yearly and quarterly projections. Hired technology team, established SDLC, implemented agile development methodology. Coordinated technology efforts for development and maintenance of 5 affiliate marketing websites. Communicated technology efforts, budget, resource allocation, and roadmap to executive team and board. Performed technical due diligence for potential acquisitions including the RetailMeNot.com website.

Beverly Hills, Ca, Us

Led global strategy, monetization, product engineering, and customer experience of MySpace’s Mobile division. Oversaw annual Profit/Loss center of $12M in revenue, returning 60% profit. Grew company’s new mobile initiative from incubation to 25% of all traffic (25M monthly active users). Collaborated with executive management on long-term product planning. Promoted mobile product, monetization, and distribution strategy through media and event channels. Negotiated strategic partnerships with leading global handset manufacturers and carriers, which led to increased mobile distribution, marketing, and monetization opportunities. Evaluated business opportunities/performed due diligence as part of MySpace’s corporate development strategy.

Beverly Hills, Ca, Us

Launched MySpace Mobile on multiple handsets and mobile operating systems including J2ME, iOS, RIM, Android, Nokia, Microsoft, and the mobile web. Led internationalization of MySpace website, growing non-domestic user base from 15M to 66M and from US-only to 20+ supported countries. Led all technical aspects of MySpace China and MySpace Japan joint ventures. Developed global team of software engineers, directors, architects, product managers, project managers, and technical writers. Directly responsible for the contributions of over 120 employees. Provided organizational and operational structure to assure feasibility of product roadmap execution.