Advise founding teams on business, tech, and product strategy; contribute to due diligence; provide leadership coaching; member of LaunchPad Venture Group

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Joined CarGurus as an early hire (<20 employees) and was promoted into leadership roles, overseeing the engineering side of international expansion, contributing to the company's growth to 800+ employees and eventual IPO.VP International Software Development- Managed the UK site launch, achieving over 1M monthly uniques in the first year.- Grew the team to 20+ engineers, facilitating EU market expansions in Germany, Italy, and Spain.- Led the migration to multiple data centers, addressing global data and legal challenges.- Spearheaded localization initiatives and developed internationalization frameworks to enhance code reuse and expedite development.- Used data trends and competitive research to set strategy and product roadmaps.VP Foundation and Platform EngineeringLed technical initiatives for two major teams to improve overall engineering operations and development efficiency. Advised on architecture decisions and spearheaded a major initiative to break up monolithic architecture, incorporating new technologies and establishing the Site Reliability Engineering team.