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Pat Cullen
Scaled Carrot from $100k to $100M, Angel Investor, Advisor
As a seasoned technology leader, I am committed to empowering teams by equipping them with the necessary context and guidance to excel. My expertise in transforming complex engineering challenges into innovative solutions is not just about strategy; I actively engage in the trenches alongside my team. This hands-on approach, combined with providing strategic direction, has been instrumental in significant product developments and process improvements.
Work
- https://www.get-carrot.com/
I joined Carrot as their 8th employee. Since then, we've grown our revenue by over 100x and scaled our team 50x. Along this journey I've focused on innovation through new products, scalability through both team and technology investments, and extensive compliance through thoughtful cybersecurity and data privacy practices.
Rithum (fka CommerceHub)
https://www.rithum.com/Initially joining as a software engineer, I expanded my scope over the years, ultimately managing their core product responsible for 80% of the business revenue, managing 5 direct reports as well as 40+ indirect reports.
Sohar Health
https://www.soharhealth.com/Sohar Health is a platform for behavioral health companies to perform patient eligibility verification and AI-powered medical coding. As an angel investor, I leveraged my network to enable early buyer opportunities and solicit feedback on product direction for the Sohar team.
Talent Llama - AI Screening Interviews
https://talentllama.ai/Operating in an advisory role, I worked with Talent Llama to help guide their go-to-market strategy and connect them with potential buyers.
Experience
Carrot Fertility
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Aug 2022 - Present
A Global Fertility Benefit Platform for companies, health plans, and more.
- Drove the growth of Carrot Engineering from 3 employees to over 60 while supporting company growth to over 400 employees
- Spearheaded Engineering, Information Security, Data Privacy, Product, Program Management, and Data functions
- Launched and maintained several new product lines including the Carrot Card via modular, extensible benefit design available in over 100 countries
- Fostered a culture of career growth and feedback leading to several internal promotions to key leadership roles
- Successfully moved the company through various audit and compliance frameworks including HITRUST, PCI, AML, and SOC2
Commercehub
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
CommerceHub is a cloud-based e-commerce fulfillment and marketing software company that provides retailers, brands, and suppliers with solutions to increase sales and improve efficiency across online marketplaces, marketing channels, and supply chains.
- Led a 40+ engineering team, driving over 80% of the business's revenue
- Played a vital role in the business transition to a microservice-oriented architecture by moving from on-prem to cloud
- Led SOX audit effort to enable CommerceHub IPO spinoff
Hoopdog.com
Head of Engineering, Co-founder
Jan 2012 - Mar 2014
A team-oriented social network and tournament generation platform to support the AAU basketball community.
- Co-founded Hoopdog, taking it from concept to revenue generation
- Designed the initial prototype and evolved it into a working system
- Hired and mentored interns, who have since grown into staff-level engineers
Emerson
Software Engineer
Feb 2011 - Jan 2012
- Key contributor on a platform to help reduce likelihood of blackouts in power systems. Building big data before it was well known!!
Blue Slate, An Exl Company
Information Systems Analyst
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
- Implemented several complex project for clients using Java, Python
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