Will Barrett

Experience

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  Tranzito

  Chief Technology Officer / Principal Software Engineer

  Sep 2021 - Nov 2023

  Tranzito helps public agencies integrate new mobility into their smart city's future. Our open-ecosystem approach seamlessly integrates the best partners and technologies to offer a customized solution.

  • Led hardware and software development for a $30MM LA City program to deploy thousands of new bus stops over the next 3-5 years.
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  Preset

  Senior Engineering Manager / Staff Software Engineer

  Sep 2019 - Aug 2021

  Open, cost-effective business intelligence for modern teams making self-serve analytics faster, easier, and more approachable for every user in your organization. Leveraging Apache Superset.

  • Managed, led, and grew a Feature Team from 3 Engineers to 7 Engineers across 3 timezones from US Pacific to EU West.
  • Led the launch of Preset's Private Beta program.
  • Led the development of Alerts and Reports in Superset, Preset's most-requested feature during our Private Beta.
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  Entelo

  Staff Software Engineer

  Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

  Entelo provides true source-to-hire automation technology alongside best-in-class managed services for a platform that actually focuses on results, not just AI. Welcome to the era of agile recruitment – driven by humans, to hire more humans (sorry robots).

  • Led a project involving the whole Engineering team that cut total AWS spend by 50% over the course of 2 months.
  • Cut build times for the organization on their Rails monolith in CI from 20 minutes to 4 minutes.
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  Change.org

  Engineering Manager | Senior Software Engineer

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

  The world’s platform for change. On Change.org, people everywhere start campaigns, mobilize supporters, and work with decision-makers to drive solutions.

  • Co-architected a high-volume distributed messaging system in Elixir for the comms platform, replacing Salesforce and saving the company approximately $4MM yearly
  • Created a system to allow zero-downtime migrations of large MySQL tables, significantly increasing stability and uptime.
  • Led multiple full-stack feature teams.
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  Sqwiggle

  Software Developer

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2015

  A direct competitor to Slack and Zoom, Sqwiggle raised a round of Angel funding but failed to gain market traction. When the lockdowns of 2020 came along, the founders and I had a collective <bang head on desk> moment. At least we can laugh about it!

  • Implemented systems allowing Sqwiggle to move from a peer-to-peer WebRTC connection to leveraging geo-aware video MCU systems, removing low participant limits on the platforms.
  • Acted as the primary Operations Engineer for both platforms, supporting both application programs and Video MCU systems in AWS.
  • Acted as first-line support for the product, handling customer issues directly and conversing directly with clients and prospects.
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  Peabody Conservatory

  B.Mus. in Cello Performance

  Sep 2003 - Dec 2006

  I graduated from the Peabody Institute of Music with a performance degree in classical cello. I studied with Alan Stepansky, former Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic, and studied Chamber Music with a variety of amazing artists. While I no longer work as a musician, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything!

  • I performed in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall with the Peabody Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.
  • I performed in a Broadway musical premier with a professional pit orchestra.
  • By my senior year, I was matched in chamber music groups with Doctorate-level students.