Lazar Gintchin

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Fractional CTO helping tech companies scale and launch products

As a strategic CTO and Technology Leader, I leverage over 22 years of technology industry experience, 8 product launches, and expertise in various areas including product vision and roadmap execution, strategic alignment and planning, product launch, startup and growth stage companies, cloud platforms and technologies, software architecture and design, budgeting, leadership and people management, and M&A and due diligence. I am passionate about bringing people together and creating alignment and visibility to anything we work on. That way we decrease the chance for misalignment, which I have found to be detrimental to the success of any company.

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Experience

  • Extreme Event Risk

    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.
  • Skedda

    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.
  • CampMinder

    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%.
  • Rally Software

    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.