Jeff's Resume
Founder. SaaS Expert. Former SVP / Chief Architect @ Teamworks.
Summary
I am a cross-functional product and engineering leader who specializes in achieving transformative growth on top of a foundation of long-term sustainability. I bridge the technical and business parts of an organization through building strong communications, predictability, trust, and product stewardship at every level from ICs to executives.
Skills
Mergers & Acquisitions. Software Architecture. Data Science. Creating Healthy Remote-First Organizations. xAI Integration. Engineering Leadership. Product Management. Scaling Technical Organizations.
Key Achievements
Focus. Architected and directed a full refactor of Teamworks’ flagship software from ColdFusion to a modern Python/React codebase in 18 months with no interruption or loss of customer functionality, while growing annual recurring revenue 40%+ annually.
Vision. Grew Teamworks product & engineering from 18 people to 150; from 25k daily active users on one product to over 1 million daily active users across 10 products.
Growth. Oversaw tech diligence and post-acquisition integration of 9 companies (ranging from 1M ARR to 20M ARR) into Teamworks product & engineering organization.
Collaboration. As part of the senior leadership team worked with other leaders on hiring and leveling standards for the technical organization, go-to- market plans, product marketing, support staffing and process, buy- vs-build, and envisioning and breaking ground on new products.
Adaptability. Navigated the transition of the tech team from fully on-site to fully- remote during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed world- class remote-first work processes and culture.
Experience
2024 - 2025. Chief Architect (SVP) - Teamworks
Led company-wide engineering initiatives to simplify and consolidate Teamworks' diverse product offering. Provided architectural direction and management leading to the integration of over a dozen products into a single Operating System for Sports.
2018 - 2024. VP of Product Development - Teamworks
- Highest ranked technical executive in the company; member of senior leadership team.
- Responsible for R&D strategy and growth company wide, with 35%+ CAGR from 2017-2025.
- Completed the transition of the company from legacy ColdFusion software platform to modern Python/GraphQL/React tech stack.
- Worked with HR and the COO on hiring, interview, and leveling standards.
- Established site reliability and quality programs aimed at providing a stream of reliable continuous improvements to our product lines.
- Oversaw tech diligence and post-acquisition integration of M&A targets.
- Grew the department from 18 engineers and product managers to 150.
- Established and executed on strategies for product development, software engineering, site reliability, QA, and cross-product integration.
2017 - 2018. Principal Engineer - Teamworks
Laid the foundation to transition the company from a legacy web application to a next-generation GraphQL and React architecture capable of growing our user-base and product portfolio quickly.
2014 - 2017. Founder - TerraHub
Technical co-founder; built software for managing commercial and utility scale solar power while also leading sales, marketing, and G&A efforts for startup, which partnered to build 45MW of solar power projects.
2006 - 2014. Senior Research Software Architect - UNC Chapel Hill
Re-architected, recovered, and safeguarded the Hydroshare product, an NSF-funded co-operative between 8 universities that manages national hydro data for academic research, agriculture, and commercial interests with gross revenues of $100B+