Lazar Gintchin

Experience

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  Extreme Event Risk

  Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)

  Sep 2023 - Present

  Extreme Event Risk gives clients an advantage in assessing global catastrophic impacts by incorporating future climate data into a novel and scientifically proven statistical approach to site-specific analysis.

  • Created the product's design, infrastructure, long-term vision, and iterative build and launch plan for a local startup.
  • Strategized the business trajectory and architected the technical team structure.
  • Assisted in investor fundraising efforts.
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  Skedda

  VP, Software Engineering

  Dec 2022 - Aug 2023

  Global SaaS company serving the space management industry.

  • Leading the charge as Head of Engineering at a global SaaS company, he spearheaded all software development, steered product vision and strategy, and cultivated a thriving engineering team.
  • Crafted the technical vision for both new and established products, fostering close collaboration with Product and Design to ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • Through global hiring leadership, tripled the European engineering team in 5 months.
  • Orchestrated a successful international team-building retreat and created team synergy.
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  CampMinder

  VP, Software Engineering

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2022

  SaaS company providing camp management software products and solutions.

  • Spearheaded the growth and success of 5 product lines as an engineering leader, driving a 300% revenue surge through strategic planning, optimized processes, and innovative product launches.
  • Orchestrated a cross-functional planning process to unify company goals, product vision, and technology, across 6 teams.
  • Launched a highly-rated mobile app (Apple-4.9 / Google-4.8) within 6 months.
  • Pioneered the design, architecture, and launch of 2 new products.
  • Acquired a startup and launched its MVP in 6 months.
  • Scaled the engineering org from 1 to 5 distributed teams.
  • Reduced manual testing by 40%; decreased new defects by 47%; shortened build process time by 85% and deployment process manual steps by 65%.
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  Rally Software

  Director of Technology

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2016

  SaaS company providing agile project management services and solutions.

  • Spearheaded $500M M&A integrations of 9 systems and 6 cross-functional teams (>100 people).
  • Fostered agility by training 4 teams through Agile course webinars (20-30 participants).
  • Two successful SaaS launches, both delivered from concept to market.
  • Designed and launched a distributed API platform streamlining legacy integrations, processing 14M records daily and $100M in business annually.
  • Scaled the tech org from 7 individuals to 3 enterprise teams.