Steady

Steady is the autonomous team coordination platform revolutionizing modern work.

The average knowledge worker spends an astonishing 23 hours each week on coordination tasks—meetings, context-switching, and chasing information—rather than the work itself. This “coordination tax” drains productivity, diminishes work quality, and contributes to burnout and attrition.

Steady cuts the coordination tax and reverses the downward spiral of productivity, quality, and engagement. It runs in the background, automatically distilling plans & progress from tools, teams, and people into tailored summaries that give everyone the clarity they need to make fast decisions and outstanding products.

Designed for today’s complex work environments—where information is fragmented across tools, schedules, and human silos—Steady seamlessly integrates into your stack, delivering speed-to-impact instantly. It transforms how organizations coordinate, multiplying capacity and capability without increasing complexity.

At its core, Steady implements Continuous Coordination, an open-source framework for high-performance knowledge work. This proven methodology promotes structured, asynchronous communication loops, empowering teams to make informed decisions and achieve alignment without constant interruptions.

Founder and CEO

Status Hero

Built and operated a SaaS tool that provided asynchronous check-ins, live goals, and status dashboards to tech teams. Bootstrapped and profitable to $1M ARR per employee.

8012 Labs

Built a handful of niche consumer SaaS products and served as an advisor to early-stage tech startups and web product teams.

Founder and Principal

Constant Contact

Led a small, crack team charged with envisioning and prototyping disruptive digital marketing offerings for Constant Contact's small business customer base. Drove innovation by applying lean startup patterns and generally working outside of conventional corporate approaches. Delivered working prototypes for product organization to work with and integrate. Reported directly to SVP, Product.

Director, Product Development

Opened New York City engineering office for the leading provider of software-as-a-service small business marketing products following the acquisition of Bantam Networks. Managed cross-functional and cross-geographical team charged with integrating the Bantam CRM tool suite, new technologies and processes into a complex distributed architecture.

Director, Engineering

Bantam Networks (acquired by Constant Contact)

Co-founder of startup that built award-winning web-based social customer relationship management (CRM) application Bantam Live. Principal software architect for the modular, Ruby on Rails -based subscription service. Hired and managed development team, created development workflow and practices, and established deployment environment structure and operations. Company acquired in February 2011 by Constant Contact, Inc.

Cofounder and CTO

Aperio Networks

Created web applications in both a consulting role and as stand-­alone ventures. Developed and maintained custom content management frameworks on top of both LAMP-stack and Ruby web platforms. Projects included EventSpan.com, WebinarWire.com, KeyPeopleDirectory.com, ConferencingNews.com. Clients included Cadbury Schwepps, Pusser’s Rum, The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board and Alternative Investment Group.

Cofounder and Partner

Independent Consultant

Developed, planned and executed database enabled web presences for small businesses. Contributed to several open source programming projects. Directed programming and operations for popular internet radio station Digitally Imported.

Sapient

Design, development and user-research lead for consulting firm’s Media, Entertainment and Communications business unit. Estimated, sold and managed $2-10MM multi-disciplinary development engagements for Fortune 1000 clients and startup companies. Participated in acquisition and integration of design firm Studio Archetype. Clients included Columbia House, United Airlines, CBS and Verizon.

Director

Studio Archetype

Created new role at award-winning interactive design firm. Responsible for interfacing with technology partners at company and client level. Built and managed company-wide team charged with merging the principles of user-interface design with the latest in interactive technologies. Clients included IBM, Kodak and First Union.

Director, Web Development

Big World Media

Founded interactive media services and web site development firm. Projects included internet roll-out strategy and implementation for corporate clients, database to web connectivity, real-time web content updates and CD-ROM based sales and training presentations. Personally created proprietary Internet content updating system for a premier traffic and traveler information reporting company SmartRoute Systems.

Cofounder and Principal

I've been building digital products and leading software teams for almost three decades. My experience includes engineering and product leadership roles in all sorts of organizations, from bootstrapped businesses and venture-backed startups to publicly traded companies. 

Over the years, I've been lucky enough to work, fail, and succeed with world-class creatives, engineers, marketers, and execs. I deeply understand what it takes to efficiently align people behind inventing, developing, scaling, and cultivating exceptional software products.

Today, I'm harvesting this experience to build and grow Steady, a simple approach to asynchronously coordinating work for software product orgs. Steady implements an open-source set of principles for modern knowledge work called Continuous Coordination, which I helped to create with my colleagues at Steady and other tech leaders.

Henry Poydar

Strive LLC

Strive is a career partnership network passionate about people and driven by helping them
to achieve professional satisfaction. At Strive, we take a personalized approach in everything we do - whether that’s guiding individuals through the process of planning the next step in their tech career or working with companies on attracting high performance talent in order to scale their tech business.
 
Having built extensive careers and high impact teams working for larger agencies and corporations, we were inspired to create Strive, a business rooted in fostering one-on-one partnerships with candidates and companies to be the best at what they do. Each time we help guide someone to actualize the next step in their career development or strategically create a new team that shapes the next innovation in technology, we are reminded that this is our calling.

Founder

Gray Scalable

With a focus on strategic hiring for tech start-ups in the growth stage, I spearheaded recruitment initiatives aimed at bolstering business scalability and expansion. By aligning tailored recruitment strategies with clients' objectives and industry trends, I facilitated the successful placement of top-tier tech talent. Acting as an embedded recruiting partner, I provided comprehensive support throughout the talent acquisition lifecycle, offering insights and guidance on effective hiring practices and talent retention strategies. I conducted organizational planning sessions to assess staffing needs, skills gaps, and succession planning strategies, while also designing competitive compensation and benefits packages tailored to the tech industry. Leveraging technology-driven recruiting tools, I optimized sourcing, screening, and assessment processes, enhancing time-to-fill and quality-of-hire metrics. Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners, I delivered holistic HR consulting solutions encompassing payroll, benefits administration, compliance management, and HRIS implementation. My commitment to staying abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, and legal/regulatory requirements ensured that Gray Scalable Inc remained at the forefront of the tech recruitment landscape. Through the cultivation of relationships within tech talent communities and professional networks, I expanded candidate pipelines and bolstered Gray Scalable Inc's reputation as a premier tech recruiting consultancy.

Principal - Tech Recruiting & Strategist

WinterWyman

During my tenure at WinterWyman, I played a pivotal role in developing the Technology and Product Management practices, with a keen focus on the dynamic New York startup ecosystem. Leading a team within the New York Technology Division, I oversaw all aspects of account management and operations, driving remarkable account growth. 
My dedication to client relationships spanned diverse industries including Online Advertising, Ecommerce, Financial Services, Interactive Agencies, Entertainment, Publishing, Retail, Software, and Professional Services, where I cultivated and nurtured connections to deliver exceptional account management results.
Specializing in strategic talent acquisition, I excelled in recruiting top-tier software engineering talent for permanent positions, aligning candidates seamlessly with clients' unique needs and culture. Navigating Manhattan's bustling startup scene, I identified emerging talent and facilitated impactful connections, fostering opportunities for growth and innovation.
Maintaining a keen awareness of industry trends and market dynamics, I continuously adapted recruitment strategies to meet evolving client demands and candidate preferences, ensuring optimal results. Furthermore, I fostered a culture of excellence and collaboration within the team, championing knowledge sharing, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to drive collective success.

Senior Principal - Technology

The Flatiron School

Founded in New York City in 2012 by a partnership of a venture capitalist and a self-taught computer programmer, Flatiron School now operates eight campuses in major cities across the country. The mission-driven organization aims to provide students with 21st-century skills to succeed in a growing tech industry. I volunteered with them to engage with students to understand their professional aspirations, utilizing active listening skills and empathy to establish rapport and trust. I provided personalized career guidance and advice tailored to students’' unique goals, leveraging expertise in technology career fields and industries.

Adviser - Career Services

Sungard Insurance Systems Inc.

As a software solutions architect I worked on implementation, and design supporting the Core Policy Administration business on the COMPASS platform. I delivered pre-sales support including onsite product / functionality demos, gap analyses, and discovery workshops for prospective clients.Defined and led cost estimates, functional requirements, database design, prototyping, and wireframing. 

Compass is a liability management and administration system that provides support for Life, Disability, and Health Insurance as well as Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, Individual Investments/Managed Accounts and Annuity products with clients in the United States, Canada, India, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Namibia and the Caribbean.

Software Architect

Concentra Integrated Services

Business Insights · Performance Metrics · Healthcare Analytics

Reporting Analyst

State Street Corporation

Accounting Technology Architecture & Development · Investment Metrics · Technology Analytics

Technology Analyst

I was a software engineer prior to becoming a recruiter so I too get recruiting emails from those who don't take the time to read my LinkedIn profile.  This is the technical debt of the recruiting industry; an industry ripe for disruption. 

I work with innovative technology companies; start-ups and growth stage tech companies who need to scale.

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