Summit Labs

As a Fractional CTO I help transform teams that are struggling to deliver results. I start with simplifying the processes and the platform to get results. 

I help companies to scale by:
1. Adding users
2. Adding features
3. Adding developers

As a seasoned technical product builder and startup advisor, I have been at the forefront of helping early-stage companies bring their ideas to life by building cutting-edge software products. With extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of the startup ecosystem, I specialize in advising startups on the right technical decisions to make, helping them navigate through the complex process of product development, and providing strategic guidance on how to build successful and scalable products. 

Whether it's working with founders to identify the best technology stack for their product or leading development teams to build high-quality software, I am committed to helping startups achieve their goals by providing the technical expertise they need to succeed.

Fractional CTO | Principal Technical Advisor

Katilyst

Katilyst is leading the charge with products and services focused on shifting company culture toward security best practices through engaging security champion programs.

Investor and Advisor

ByDesign

As a technical advisor for ByDesign, I provide critical guidance and support to help the company navigate the complexities of the technology landscape and achieve their ambitious goals.

Through a collaborative and hands-on approach, I am able to help guide the development of  customized solutions that align with the ByDesign's specific needs and goals. Thanks in part to my guidance and support, the company continues to achieve significant success, rapidly scaling their platform and expanding their offerings.

Primary Venture Partners

As an Expert, I provide strategic advice and guidance to Primary and their portfolio network. Experts enjoy access to early-stage businesses, emerging trends and technology, and an expanded network of exceptional leaders, and resources through a top-tier seed-stage firm.

Primary is New York City’s premier early stage venture firm working alongside founders to build unicorns like Alloy, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, and many more.

Advisor / Expert

Techstars

As a technical mentor to early stage startups, I have had the privilege of working with some of the most innovative and exciting companies in the technology space.

My role has been to provide guidance, support, and advice to these startups as they navigate the challenges of building a successful business, with a particular focus on their technical strategy and execution.

Through a collaborative and hands-on approach, I have worked closely with the founders and their teams to help them develop the technical skills and knowledge they need to build robust and scalable technology solutions.

This has included providing mentorship and coaching on a range of technical topics, from software engineering best practices and architectural design to cloud computing, data science, and emerging technologies.

One of the things that sets me apart as a technical mentor is my ability to tailor my approach to the specific needs and goals of each startup. I take the time to understand their unique challenges and opportunities, and work closely with them to develop customized solutions that meet their needs.

Through my experience as a technical mentor, I have gained a deep appreciation for the unique challenges and opportunities that early stage startups face in the technology space. And I am committed to using my skills and expertise to help these companies succeed and thrive in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving landscape.

Mentor

goLance

At goLance we're leading the industry with technical innovation bringing together the right talent with the right clients.

As the Chief Technology Officer for a dynamic marketplace platform, I am instrumental in steering the technology direction and software development to bring together clients and freelancers. My role encompasses leading a talented tech team, enhancing our platform to meet and exceed user expectations, and driving innovation to ensure our technology stays ahead of the curve.

With a keen eye on the evolving tech landscape, I navigate through technological advancements to incorporate cutting-edge solutions that elevate our service. My approach is hands-on in solving technical challenges, ensuring our platform remains robust and reliable. I excel in demystifying complex technical concepts, ensuring seamless communication across teams and with our stakeholders, thereby fostering a collaborative environment that propels our platform forward.

My mission is to create a marketplace that not only meets the current demands of our users but also anticipates future needs, making it a go-to platform for clients and freelancers alike. Through strategic planning, technological innovation, and a commitment to excellence, I am dedicated to enhancing our platform's impact and success in the marketplace.

Chief Technology Officer

Calendly

At Calendly we're making scheduling easy.

As an application architect, I play a critical role in helping the organization design, build, and deploy complex software applications that meet their unique needs.

Through a deep understanding of software engineering best practices, application design patterns, and modern technologies, I have been able to develop scalable, reliable, and maintainable software architectures that support business growth and drive innovation.

Some of the key areas in which I have provided value include:

* Guiding the implementation of a microservices-based architecture for improved scalability and flexibility
* Designing and guiding development cloud-native applications for enhanced reliability, availability, and cost-effectiveness
* Advising on software engineering best practices and emerging technologies to keep applications current and competitive
* Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals and objectives

Application Architect

WealthForge

As application architect for WealthForge, a fintech startup, I was responsible for designing and implementing cutting-edge solutions for the Altigo platform. With my deep expertise in software engineering, cloud computing, and financial technologies, I was able to deliver innovative solutions that simplified the overall architecture that allowed for better scalability and security.

My role involved working closely with our development teams to design and implement solutions that are scalable, reliable, and secure. Whether we were developing new features, optimizing existing applications, or building integrations with third-party platforms, I ensured that our solutions are aligned with our business objectives and meet the needs of the business.

Capital One

At Capital One, we're Changing Banking for Good. As a Master Software Engineer I have developed applications to improve visibility of key financial metrics. I have developed and continually contributed to inner sourced application frameworks that have decreased development time by 80% while improving application security and resiliency. As an AWS Solutions Architect, I have reduced cloud costs by 66% while increasing application resiliency.

As a trainer and teacher I have developed and lead training courses in Threat Modeling, Application Development, and Application Security.

Master Software Engineer

Provider Resources, Inc.

Application Developer

CTO at goLance • Making software simple • Startup Mentor

Building and scaling your product feels unpredictable and frustrating.

Now, imagine if you could:
- Have a clear roadmap for your tech decisions
- Build a system that supports consistent, scalable growth

You know there’s a better way to operate.

This is where I come in...

For startups and scale-ups, I offer Technical Advising Services:
- I provide high-level strategic advice, along with hands-on guidance to ensure execution aligns with your business goals.
- With over 15 years in the field and experience leading teams through high-growth phases, I specialize in helping companies avoid costly mistakes and create tech systems that scale.
- My frameworks have helped companies transform messy tech stacks into well-oiled machines, ready to scale.

I offer a limited number of advising slots to ensure each client gets personalized attention.
  
If you’re ready to take your technology to the next level, send me a message or schedule a call using the link in my profile.

Brian Childress

Microsoft

♦ Led a team of 12 in the architecture, design, and development to deliver a new internal service for all production clouds at Microsoft. Drove the collection of requirements from 4 separate customers through multiple interviews and meetings per customer to understand their use case for VMs used for troubleshooting. We designed a centrally managed and scalable compute solution that enables engineers to simply click a button to login to a fresh and secure virtual machine to test their service or reproduce a customer issue that is automatically deleted when no longer needed. This service replaced 100% of insecure debugging virtual machines from 2 cloud environments and contributed to automated front-end testing for 2 other product teams.
♦ Championed the augmentation, development, and coordination with cross-organizational teams to deliver the internal DevOps platform used to automate the deployment of 100+ services into special cloud environments saving more than 200 engineering hours per month over the existing process.
♦ Reduced network isolation deployment times by 40% by and eliminated the need for two users to initiate concurrent deployments while increasing the completion rate of deployments by optimizing the code running the deployments.

Site Reliability Engineer II

US Navy

♦ Led the design, development, team of 5, and delivery of an application and database solution to solve inconsistent human resource response times and reduce labor-intensive operations.
♦ Communicated with 15+ users to draft requirements and iteratively deliver functionality based on their feedback.
♦ Designed back-end database tables to include fields, data types, and relationships to implement 5+ functionalities in application.
♦ Troubleshot over 700 customer inquiries on application functionality and desired features resulting in 20+ major bug fixes and minimal data loss.
♦ Researched objects and syntax required to deliver automated filling of paperwork cutting 3 weeks of work down to 5 minutes semi-annually.

Application Development Lead

♦ Led a team of analysts dedicating 3,500 hours, analyzing 250,000 results from 200+ queries; resulted in valuable intelligence from 28 previously undiscovered documents, 20% of which yielded 500+ new selectors, increasing the number of known selectors for the team by 25%.
♦ Executed queries on targeted DNI and DNR selectors to satisfy intelligence needs.
♦ Performed tasking, maintenance, and compliance for all targets.
♦ Performed contact chaining to identify the center of gravity in organizations.
♦ Identified new electors for tasked and developing targets

Target Digital Network Analyst

♦ Provided timely SIGINT reporting to the IC through 1,000+ hours of analysis, 150 hours of quality control, and 80 hours drafting 5+ reports. Efforts increased mission production by 200% and established the standard for reporting in the 502 CMT in support of Pacific Commander's objectives.
♦ Drafted and edited initial reports based on quality assurance findings.
♦ Performed both initial and final quality assurance on reports drafted within 502 CMT before released tot he Intelligence Community.
♦ Provided reporting information in response to Intelligence Community (IC) requirements and in accordance with missions of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Information Assurance, and Computer Network Operations.

Target Analyst Reporter

♦ Operated signals collection equipment, systems, and antennas for analysis in identifying essential elements of information.
♦ Maintained cryptologic databases to gather additional target information and operating characteristics while protecting sensitive methods and sources.
♦ Supervised signals collection, analysis, reporting, SI communications and assigned personnel.
♦ Allocated Signals Intelligence collection resources and adjusted tasking as required.
♦ Complied with classified information storage, transportation, and protection requirements.

Cryptologic Technician

♦ Located and detected new and sustained targets of interest through search and survey.
♦ Executed Radio Frequency (RF) scans to identify relocated or Off The Air (OTA) targets of interest.
♦ Processed high priority sustained collect signals including both Digital Network Intelligence (DNI) and Dialed Number Recognition (DNR) across multiple field sites.
♦ Identified, troubleshot, and mitigated collection and processing issues associated with sustained mission across two major assets.

Signal Recovery Team (SRT) Signals Analyst Lead - National Security Agency (NSA)

♦ Performed the fix actions necessary, including restarts, configurations, and maintenance.
♦ Performed acquisition, analysis and reporting of state-of-the-art communications signals at the intermediate level.
♦ Provided indications and warnings to national level policy makers through data collection processing and forwarding to the Office of Primary Interest.
♦ Trained operators in the use of multiple follow on processors, signals databases, and other tools needed to complete relocated missions.

Signals Collection and Analysis Operator - National Security Agency (NSA)

♦ Built Infra-as-Code to dynamically generate configuration files for back-end Skype/Teams call routing deployments for more than 5 environments.
♦ Automated feature flag detection resulting in identification and creation of over 1,000 bugs saving more than a month over the current process in the delivery of features for 3 special cloud environments for Microsoft Teams application.

Site Reliability Engineer

Northwestern Mutual

♦ Used financial vehicles to help clients achieve their personal financial goals.
♦ Licensed to sell Life and Health Insurance in the State of Ohio.

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