Seth Carstens Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Principal developer and lead for custom software development.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Managing business and operations for the non-profit since 1996, and recently officially incorporated as an eligible 501(c)3 corporation in 2019. We have successfully run a Christmas season event, including fundraising and online marketing for over 20 years and support between 20 and 40 foster children and their families through the holiday season each year.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

As Director on the Board of Directors I've been elected by the shareholders to help guide the business and assist in making good, sound decisions that are best for the employees, customers, and shareholders of the business.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Establishing and championing our vision for technological innovation and the development of new products. A technology leader with deep experience scaling engineering teams; effective people manager, talent development, culture, diversity, and a thoughtful collaborator. Additionally:- Work with the executive team to set clear priorities and goals for Engineering, balancing the long-term and immediate needs.- Lead efforts to recruit, onboard, and retain a talented engineering staff across various disciplines and geographies.- Build strong relationships across Engineering, Design, Product and Sales teams- Evaluate and adjust our engineering practices and cross-functional structures in a manner that accelerates velocity and increases predictability of delivery.- Work closely with the CEO on developing investor relations and engage in high-profile client interactions.

Sheridan, Wyoming (Wy), Us

As CTO I provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of the business. Communicate with employees, stakeholders, and customers to ensure the company’s technologies are used appropriately. Manage, recruite, hire, and train all Software Engineering staff. Document and onboarded the entire company to use the Agile SCRUM project management operations. • Developing technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals• Developing objectives and strategies for the implementation of innovative solutions while optimizing existing systems, applications, and information• Making recommendations and present business advantages for technology initiatives and improvements• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency• Leading your team in identifying, comparing, selecting, and implementing technology solutions and partnerships to meet current and future needs• Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors

Des Moines, Ia, Us

In my role as a director of technology, I directed and mentored large teams of 30+ engineers and four managers across the enterprise. I developed and implemented SDLC processes for engineering teams, including deploying releases to automate code testing. Additionally, I established and automated local developmental environments to increase engineering efficiency. Moreover, I served over 1K editors and 180M consumers through the development and execution of 0 to 1 CMS Platform, including all brands and bots under the enterprise tools division.• Migrated 100% of CMS services REST endpoints to use Oauth2 security workflows.• Successfully retained $1.5M worth of hosting fees by migrating AWS services, controlling assets, and reducing cost.• Complied with best coding practices by reviewing 100+ PR per week and formulating 20 commits per week.• Directed SQL scale database with 50M+ rows per table and Non-SQL Graph Database with 1B+ records.• Minimized cluster time from 36+ to 10 minutes by establishing DevOps CI/CD pipeline.• Directed and monitored 90+ transactions per second and 7M+ transactions per day by devising SOA and API rest services, resulting in increasing QA coverage services from 15% to 65%.

New York, Ny, Us

As the Director of Technology, I manage all aspects of technology. This includes managing the engineering teams, hosting solutions, service providers, and the support desk. My teams build and iterate on technologies that scale, providing editorial tools for thousands of writers and news and entertainment resources for 10+ million user sessions. As a part of digital transformation efforts, we continue to bridge gaps in technology and data to meet. We manage brands using multi-tenant CMS platforms, including managing content, social media and analytics accounts associated with each. I engaged with hands of work and continue to manage the API infrastructure. I train and develop all the developers I manage, as well as assisting in the training of our editorial team when it comes to technology and WordPress. We continue building products that outsmart and outperform the competition with smaller teams, lower costs, and a much higher ROI.My annual goals include:- Financial Build and launch OneCMS as a platform to unify editorial tools. Standardize the data available to the Front-End teams to enable growth for content licensing, syndication, and distribution across all digital properties.- Cost Savings/Avoidance Migrate most or all brands prioritized by product onto the multi-tenant platform to unify all brands onto the same feature sets to reduce the inefficiency of managing a wide array of other CMS systems, reducing both the costs of cloud infrastructure, and reducing the cost of developing products and services for all brands.- Learning & Growth - Organize, align, and train engineering talent to support technology tools. - Standardize engineering tools and skills enabling better cross-functional team members.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

**Startup Founding Member.In my role as a VP of Technology, I grew the team from one to eight professionals through efficient hiring and training process. I designed and documented an enterprise-ready technology stack for the sale of the company while adhering to Time Inc’s enterprise standards. Also, I employed and trained a team of eight engineers and two engineering managers to enhance working efficiency. I led 350+ WordPress blogs and directed all technological matters, including analytics accounts and social media platforms• Minimized sprint planning to 30% by developing Agile product practices.• Ensured quality environment and services by decreasing security vulnerabilities to 95%.• Developed 80 commits per week to maintain the company’s progress by offering high-quality products and services.• Multiplied customer’s site visits by 300%, while establishing 12 new customers’ products from zero to one in one year.

When I was 14 years old, I started a technology consulting company. We have done everything from training, consulting, networking, and wiring, websites, marketing, and digital design, to moving office IT equipment during business moves. We now specialize in "Website Design and Programming" but have a wide array of abilities. I have operated as owner of Sethmatics even while acting in all my other jobs duties. We are "Helping people speak 'Computer'".

Goodyear, Arizona, Us

Development of website applications using a wide variety of programming languages and tools like salesforce.com, google apps, google maps, and other online services that have developer API tools. Also developing mobile apps on devices like iPhone and android phones to increase efficiency of company workflow models.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Increase quality assurance (QA) by reducing website content errors and server errors from 30% to 1% in just 5 months. Merged all 8 website brands into 1 global brand and moved thousands of pages of website content into a WordPress as a CMS saving the company over $100,000 a year over using retail proprietary CMS. Decreased load speed on recorded by Google to from 14 seconds to about 6 seconds of load time per webpage. Manage the Intranet and its documents and content for company with about 1600 employees. Used internal initiatives to increase social interactions on Facebook by having campuses compete for “viral” awards. Also responsible for an array of online services like streaming video, live chat, analytics and A/B testing services, SVN/GIT, project management, and website and server monitoring utilities.

East Melbourne, Victoria, Au

I assisted with marketing and web based sales materials. In addition I also assisted with IT helpdesk tickets, networked the expanding office with CAT5 cable and setup the company to use AMS360 and a CRM to manage all aspects of personal lines of insurance.

Sonoran National Insurance because a part of U-Save where I began managing the implementation of new insurance programs. The program required underwriting, training, and sales both direct to customers and broker relationships. The position required comprehensive work-flow efficiency management in order to allow the new program to run using technology to automate tasks.

Orland Park, Il, Us

Marketing new products and presenting complete case scenario. IT Development and education. Insurance sales on the job training.

Part Time position where I developed a small businesses website, including SEO and downloadable forms. Designed network layout and IT infrastructure. Assisted with maintance to PC's, Printers, and other electronic devices. Obtained insurance license and sold personal lines insurance.

Part time help to setup and maintain PC's, Printers, Faxes and other electronic devices. Assisted in the setup of business office during the move. Customer service and other administrative duties also performed. Design of national meetings Calendar and electronic artwork for presentations.

Bachelors, Computer Information Systems

Hsd, Music And Math