BRIAN RUNK brian@brianrunk.net 978-415-9365 Sr Director of Software Engineering Sparkfund Nov 2019 - Mar 2023 Washington, DC -Senior-most staff member responsible for all things technical at Sparkfund. -Led the adoption of a new software stack utilizing React, Phoenix/Elixir, and PostgresSQL. -Managed the architecture and development of SparkOS, a platform to streamline the implementation of energy efficiency projects. -Oversaw the design of Sparkfund’s Internet of Things (IoT) data pipeline, automated equipment assessment and ongoing monitoring. -Introduced Agile methodologies into the Product Development Lifecycle, enabling a highly collaborative, cross-team project flow. -Coordinated quarterly roadmaps with executives and stakeholders to ensure shared expectations on progress and predictable delivery dates. -Established bi-weekly, cross-functional checkins organized around ongoing project tracks. -Created an information management strategy, making data available for both operational needs and business intelligence. -Instituted a review process for third-party software integrations and support for internal operations and tooling. -Made time for the creation and updating of documentation, testing, CI/CD, site alerting & monitoring, metrics collection and reporting. -Responsible for budgets covering company-wide software expenses as well as development costs and staffing.for technical teams -Took on all phases of hiring: drafting job postings, scheduling interviews, coordinating offers. -Handled the team’s outsourced IT vendor relationships on a day-to-day and contract negotiation basis. -Led upgrade of Sparkfund’s security posture, overhauling policies and instituting an SDLC to prepare for SOC1/SOC2 compliance. -Produced documentation for due diligence related to investor financing and conducted the same review of potential acquisition. Engineering Manager Etsy May 2016 – July 2019 Brooklyn, NY -Built a diverse team of over twenty software engineers -Maintained consistent productivity, high morale and low turnover over a tumultuous three-year period. -Introduced Agile processes to encourage a team-led, highly collaborative work environment with clear visibility on progress and predictable delivery dates. -Managed the migration to a third-party email marketing platform. This involved the transfer of millions of data points, updated on a nightly basis. -Team developed a highly-customized user experience for the internal marketing team. Project handled an average send volume of 10 million emails per hour. -Managed the migration of customer support to a third-party platform. This system was included nightly and hourly data synchronization between Etsy’s internal system. -Created a highly customized, and uniform support experience for both customers and agents supporting an average of 2,000 per day. -Launched the infrastructure required to enable Chat and Inbound Phone Support, extending availability to full 24 hour/ 7 day access. -Developed and managed multiple applications to address Etsy’s unique business, including an A/B Testing interface for email marketing analysis and a tool for consolidating the process of vetting Etsy shops and sellers for featuring in marketing and media. -Regularly coordinated yearly development plans with executive stake holders and partner teams, communicating regular progress against KPIs each quarter. Engineering Manager Constant Contact Dec 2012 – Dec 2015 Waltham, MA -Personally recruited over twenty engineers, building out a diverse, full-stack team. -Led the development & release of a rewrite of the company's main CRM app, with the team converting the code from Java to Ruby on Rails, simultaneous with a database overhaul from DB2 to an entirely new schema in MySQL -Managed the migration of over 650,000 customers at regular intervals over a year and a half, each milestone marking an increase in customer data complexity and performance requirements -Initiated a defect-reduction effort that marked a decline from over 300 issues to 34, with quality continuing to fall from an average of 25 released per month to a current low of 3 -Led the implementation of team-based Performance testing for Application Scaling and future Feature Development -Instituted a Continuous Delivery Pipeline, reducing deployment overhead from 6 engineers over 2 days down to 1 engineer in 2 hours -Created an Apprenticeship program designed to grow high-potential candidates into permanent employees. -Developed conference talks & speaking opportunities for team members and public coding events. Manager of Development America’s Test Kitchen November 2010 – November 2012 Brookline, MA -Directed the hiring and day-to-day work of engineers, contractors and partner firms while establishing associated team processes and communications practices. -Managed the development of www.onlinecookingschool.com, resulting in the best retention of any product launched in company history. Developed the interactive instructional framework. -Coordinated integrations with third-party applications within the Cooking School site, including features for online discussions, customer support, internal application messaging, payment processing, subscription management and the hosting and display of instructional videos. -Led the redesign and technical overhaul of three individual sites (Cooks Illustrated, Cook’s Country, America’s Test Kitchen), unifying the design and application framework. -Oversaw the migration of over two million users across multiple sites and subscription plans, from a third-party payment processor and user administration system into a unified database with multi-tiered membership and single sign on capabilities. Seventeen additional years of engineering and leadership experience 1994 – 2010 Lieutenant, United States Coast Guard 1990-1994 Bachelor of Arts, Language & Literature St Mary's College of Maryland, 1990