Reed is an experienced technical leader and CTO with deep experience in high-growth startups from Seed to Series D. His extensive technical knowledge and communication skills allow him to bridge the gap between executive leaders and their technology organizations, translating technological decisions for leadership while instilling a business mindset among engineers. His engagements center around clear outcomes and demonstrated ROI, and his focus is on building organizational core competencies that set his clients up for long-term success.
Mergers and Acquisitions: With direct involvement in more than 45 successful acquisitions and related coursework at Wharton, Reed has both the experience and the strategic vision to build successful programmatic M&A programs. His proven playbook for technical due diligence gives leaders the confidence to make acquisition decisions, and can be used internally to flag areas of improvement before discussions with an acquirer.
Turnaround Strategy and Implementation: Leadership transitions, expensive legacy systems and strategic shifts can take a toll on a company at every level. Navigating turbulence requires a holistic approach, from culture and incentives to operations and quality control. Reed has demonstrated experience in turnaround operations, strategic overhauls and operational change management.
One of a dozen team members in charge of the Trilogy (and ESW Capital) acquisition program. Additionally responsible for planning and overseeing large-scale refactors of legacy platforms into the AWS cloud.
Octerra is a MarTech SaaS platform. After rebuilding and repositioning an internal tool as a SaaS offering, Reed and other executives spun Octerra out of its parent company as a separate organization. Octerra was adopted by seven of the Fortune 100 in its first year.
Oversaw the turnaround of a struggling division, from hiring to strategy to technical architecture. Oversaw the technical due diligence, integration planning and implementation of two acquisitions.
Head Consultant
We are a professional software consultancy specializing in SaaS strategy, cloud migrations, process & culture, and security & compliance. Our approach is simple: we embed in your organization so that we can provide immediate value, and we leave you with systems and process changes that will set you up for long-term success. Our primary goal is to work ourselves out of a job, not to create dependency. Learn more about our offerings and download our free white papers at RTomlinsonConsulting.com
Director Of Engineering
Built is the fastest-growing construction and real estate finance platform in the U.S. and the leading provider of construction and real estate finance technology. By providing a centralized platform for all stakeholders, Built enables increased efficiency, collaboration, transparency, and business agility—with decreased risk – allowing customers to improve the way that the communities around them are built and managed. The Built platform is used by more than 270 leading North American lenders and asset managers, and thousands of developers, home builders, and contractors. Our company is made up of passionate people who are driven in a variety of disciplines—and each of them brings a unique perspective to everything they do. Creating a safe and inclusive workplace is critical to the success of our company and of our employees, so it’s our aim to recruit, hire and promote without bias against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. As we learn and as we grow, we’re committed to ensuring that these ideals are at the forefront of everything we do. To find out more visit getbuilt.com.
Product Chief Technology Officer | SVP of Technical Product Management
Founded in 1989, Trilogy has enjoyed years of profitable success working exclusively with Global 1000 companies. Trilogy provides technology powered business services that result in transformational economic value for its customers. Unique in the industry, Trilogy ties its own revenue directly to the economic value it delivers. Trilogy business services are focused on the Automotive, Insurance and Telecom industries.
Chief Technology Officer
Octerra is the leading procurement SaaS platform for marketing production, giving brands and their agencies real time visibility into their entire production spend.
Vice President Of Technology
Create any content, anywhere. StudioNow offers extensive creative production services, expanding your team’s capacity for projects of all sizes, including photography, video, editing, events, influencer campaigns, and more. Our platform and expert team streamline your production workflow, eliminating the inefficiencies tied to traditional third-party methods.
Senior Developer, Project Manager
Named a Best Moving Company in 2022 by U.S. News - Bellhop is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the US, transforming the deeply broken $30B moving industry with an advanced tech-enabled model that delivers world-class customer experiences and prices that are untouchable by traditional movers. Serving over 65 cities nationwide. Featured in The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, Fox Business, Business Insider and many others.
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