I help CEOs realize growth and product excellence through technical leadership and innovation.
Jeff Mitchell is a seasoned technology leader whose extensive career spans multiple industries, with a focus on orchestrating growth from startups to companies with over $100 million in revenue. His strategic vision and deep technical expertise have been instrumental in driving significant advancements in product development, operational efficiency, and compliance alignment. With a robust educational background in Engineering and Robotics from Purdue University, Jeff's approach combines innovative technology solutions with practical leadership to foster environments that support scalable and sustainable business growth.
Throughout his career, Jeff has consistently demonstrated his ability to lead diverse teams and manage complex technology landscapes across healthcare, fintech, and technology-enabled service sectors. His roles have included everything from Chief Technology Officer to Director of Research and Development, where he has successfully built departments from the ground up, championed AI integration, and streamlined processes to double revenue streams rapidly. His leadership not only emphasizes technical proficiency but also focuses on cultivating strong, collaborative relationships both within organizations and with external stakeholders, ensuring that technological advancements align seamlessly with business objectives.
As CTO, I helped lead Healthx through a PE led venture to double revenue, improve engineering throughput, modernize a 20 year old application and ultimately exit to merge with Zipari.
As one of the founders of TTS, LLC. I led the development of the industry leading tax exemption certificate management system. As the leader of engineering and product. I helped grow the boot-strapped company from 0 to exit when we were acquired by Avalara.
As a fractional CTO. I work with CEOs to improve their engineering processes and operations as well as contribute to the innovation of new and existing products.
Led development of ABA Clinic software
Led development of HR screening software
Led development of integrating AI to improve products and business processes
Reworked teams to increasing throughput while reducing costs
Led Several initiatives to reduce overall engineering costs
Aug 2021 — Nov 2022
Continuumcloud
Chief Technology Officer
ContinuumCloud is a one stop shop for cloud based behavioral health products.
Restructured engineering teams from 3 different companies to streamline processes
Led technical due diligence for acquisitions
Built a product team from the ground up
Built QA and DevOps teams from the ground up
Sep 2017 — Dec 2020
Healthx
Chief Technology Officer
Healthx provides portals for healthcare companies and their members.
Led the initiative to modernize a 20 year old code base in just a year.
Worked with the executive team to grow revenue 50% in 24 months
Successfully exited to PE firm that merged Healthx with Zipari
Led the company on the acquisition of HiTrust certification
Feb 2016 — Sep 2017
Angi
Senior Director of Engineering
Formerly Angie's List. Angi helps consumers find top rated service professionals in their area.
Led the industry leading SEO team
Led teams responsible for payment processing, funnel development and marketing technology
SEO traffic led to acquisition and merger with Home Advisor
Feb 2014 — Feb 2016
Sage
Director, Research and Development
Part of the accounting product development division. Our goal was to develop new applications for small to mid sized accounting firms.
Built 4 new products in 12 months
Launched all four products into 7 countries
Winner of CPA Practice Advisor's 2016 Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Award
Feb 2006 — Feb 2014
Avalara
Director of Product Development and Senior Program Manager / CTO / Founder
Avalara provides online sales tax compliance for over 30,000 businesses worlwide.
One of the founders of TTS, LLC
Developed a SaaS document management product for tax exemption certificates
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