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Director of Engineering

Coinbase

- Lead an organization that builds and improves features for USDC on the entire Coinbase ecosystem, providing customers more reasons to hold and use USDC.
- Lead a team to build Coinbase's first issued token, cbETH, a liquid staking version of staked ETH, providing new utility and liquidity options for Coinbase and DeFi customers.

Senior Engineering Manager

Amazon

Lead an organization in Amazon Retail Consumer Electronics that builds scalable features for all of Retail. Team built and supported the Compare With Similar Items table on the detail page, the In House Installments feature that allowed customers to pay for products with installments, and a Guided Search feature for mobile that provided a better UX for customers filtering down search results.

Software Development Manager

General Networks Corporation

Lead all engineering, product, sales & marketing departments that deliver custom workflow, document management and portal solutions to clients. Hands on product/engineering work for key projects that drive high priority client relationship growth.

COO/CTO

Lead teams of product/engineering to develop custom solutions in the workflow automation and intranet portal spaces. Design and develop custom Microsoft SharePoint add ons to improve customer UX.

Director of Professional Services

Lead a pod of developers to implement custom workflow automation solutions for clients. Scoping, TDD, implementation and ongoing KTLO/OE contracts for high profile customers.

Practice Manager

Martin Worldwide

Design, scope and build a web based marketing list count/delivery system with C#/SQL backend and jQuery/JavaScript front end. Included authentication, role based permissions, cart/checkout capability and automated list delivery.

Full Stack Developer

QuikStor

Email/Phone software support for a Storage Facility Management thick client application. Development tasks to resolve small bugs and create patches for high priority issues/clients.

Technical Support Specialist

I post about Engineering Leadership, Strategy and Optimization.
As a Director of Engineering at Magic with over 16 years of engineering experience, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of teams and technologies. Throughout my career, I have taken on many different roles, from software engineer to technical lead to engineering manager. 

I have worked with startups as well as large organizations, and I have experience with managing/mentoring both ICs and managers. I have led teams in delivering products from ideation to launch and have experience working with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of a project.

Owen Runnals

Director of Talent

Talent Lead

Syndicatebleu

-Placed top talent in notable roles at Amazon, Current, BrainPOP, Bizzabo, DataDog, The Muse, Genesis, Aesop, RippleMatch, and more
-Owned full-cycle recruiting process, including business development, talent outreach, candidate screening, coordinating interviews, presenting offers, negotiating deals, and closing
-#1 sales performer in the tech division, securing the most new clients and placements in ‘20-’21, garnering over $600K+ in ‘21
-Independently built book of business, acquiring 17 clients within the first 10 months of hire - specializing in high-growth startups

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Manager

Metrograph

-Identified client needs and liaised across departments to execute successful event activations
-Produced marketing strategies and materials for event and advertising initiatives 
-Drove sales for new business acquisitions and expanded client relationships

Manager of Events

Condé Nast

-Provided high-level administrative and project management support to the Chief Business Officer
-Organized and sourced content for management off-sites, team strategy meetings, and company-wide conferences
-Sourced diverse & qualified talent to fill open positions on the sales & marketing teams
-Managed a team of 10 associates
-Created and maintained internal organizational charts, CRM softwares, and marketing databases

Executive Sales & Marketing Associate

-Planned and executed brand activations, signature programs and client events: key examples include Bon Appétit’s Vegas Uncork’d Festival, The Hot 10 Party, influencer events and branded content creation
-Lead marketer on a high-volume of assigned accounts across the home, travel and CPG categories
-Created budgets, managed timelines and sourced talent for branded content programs to guarantee metrics

Brand Marketing + Events Associate

Roberta's

-Managed on-site events at popular Brooklyn restaurant
-Liaised with clients and staff to ensure clear communication and proper execution on a high volume of events
-Curated custom, large-format menus
-Fostered key relationships to generate and increase business

Events Sales Manager

Seiden

-Work closely with SVP to develop, grow, and establish credibility for the business consulting branch of the agency, Seiden Works (January 2013)
-Attend weekly meetings with the department heads to develop creative solutions to our clients’ business issues
-Conduct qualitative market research
-Create “Channel Analysis” reports in order to assist companies with their expansion into emerging markets
-Formulate strategic reports on competitors to aide in our consultation process
-Act as community manager of the Shire Brave Facebook Page, which includes the scheduling of content, monitoring of comments and increasing Shire’s brand awareness 
-Work 10-15 hours/week while maintaining a full coarse load

Business Consulting Intern

Ashoka

-Mentored high-school students to promote teenagers' entrepreneurial endeavors
-Organized and participated in social entrepreneurship workshops 
-Coached students on presentation skills

Youth Mentor

City of Santa Monica

-Head intern for Environmental Analyst, Josephine Miller
-Monitored local restaurants' adherence to the polystyrene (non-recyclable plastic and styrofoam) ban -Created a distributors list as a tool for these restaurants to find non-polystyrene food containers
-Volunteered at zero-waste events to teach attendees about composting and recycling

Lead Intern for Office of Sustainability and the Environment

Passionate about building & scaling exceptional recruitment strategies for high-growth companies

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