Mark Wunsch

Experience

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  Teepublic

  Chief Technology Officer

  Oct 2023 - Jun 2024

  TeePublic is the world’s largest marketplace for independent creators to sell the highest-quality merchandise bearing their art. An operating company of the Articore Group (ASX: ATG).

  • Managed the operations and deployment of a custom Rails-based ecommerce application hosting millions of unique SKUs, integrated with Google Merchant Center and Meta Commerce Manager.
  • Led Articore Group’s AI Center of Excellence by sharing expertise across operating companies to shape policy and product suggestions on emerging AI capabilities.
  • Drove revenue growth through strategic integrations with paid marketing platforms and SEO optimization.
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  Hodinkee

  VP of Engineering

  Mar 2022 - Aug 2023

  Hodinkee is the leading destination for all things watches and horology, combining best-in-class Editorial content with an e-commerce platform to shop from the world’s greatest watch brands.

  • Steered personnel and technology consolidation and architectural efforts following the merger of Crown and Caliber.
  • Created a center of excellence around site reliability engineering, bringing on and training the team on monitoring and observability tooling to improve site resiliency during large traffic surges, including a 347% week-over-week increase in requests.
  • Audited software licensing across the entire company to identify redundancies, operational efficiencies, and over $27K annual cost savings.
  • Created and led a dedicated corporate I.T. function to improve the company’s overall security posture and business processes.
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  Tinybeans

  Chief Technology Officer

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2022

  Combining the #1 most trusted private photo-sharing and journaling app, the #1 national and local website for advice on raising amazing kids, and a burgeoning, video-first parenting community, Tinybeans (ASX: TNY, OTCQX: TNYYF) is the inclusive go-to resource for Millennial and GenZ parents.

  • Fostered a close partnership with Sales and Ad Operations for Salesforce integration, product development, and reporting on a $2 million quarterly ad sales budget with clients that include Lego, Walmart, and YouTube.
  • Planned and helmed holistic cost reduction efforts in cloud infrastructure, including a 32% reduction in data transfer costs over the course of three months.
  • Leading technical strategy and operations through major transformative events including international HQ relocation, merger, and a business model transformation toward premium subscription.
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  Kickstarter

  VP Engineering

  Jan 2018 - May 2020

  Global crowdfunding platform for creatives and entrepreneurs. Over $6 billion has been pledged to over 210,000 successful projects from over 20 million backers. In 2019, Kickstarter backers pledged over $650M to independent creative projects.

  • Grew the engineering organization by over 30%, consolidating data science, data engineering, machine learning, and infrastructure teams.
  • Implemented cross-functional, global compliance efforts e.g. GDPR, PCI, SCA, & CCPA.
  • Led the organization through change management and transformation including the first major unionization drive in the technology sector.
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  Harry's Grooming

  Director of Platform Engineering

  May 2016 - Jan 2018

  Harry’s Inc. is a modern CPG company on a mission to Create Things People Like More through purpose-led brands, products, and experiences. Through a family of scaling, disruptive brands—Harry’s, Flamingo, Cat Person, and Lumē—Harry’s Inc. is defining a new paradigm for CPG; We’re the first CPG company to give customers an omnichannel experience across multiple brands, leveraging deep direct-to-consumer experience with strong partnerships across mass retailers, drugstores, grocery and club stores globally.

  • Launched harrys.com in the UK in June 2017
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  Rent The Runway

  Director of Engineering

  Nov 2013 - Apr 2016

  Fashion disrupter enabling clothing and accessory rentals. NASDAQ: RENT

  • Designed and led early expansion efforts into recurring subscription with RTR Unlimited
  • Introduced React and modern web application practices including continuous delivery.
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  Gilt Groupe

  Lead Software Engineer

  Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  Multi-vertical luxury e-commerce flash sale pioneer. Acquired by Hudson’s Bay in 2016 and Rue La La in 2018.

  • Introduced Keyword Search and Shop by Category to Gilt
  • Architected microservice application architecture with Scala and Play framework