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Will Read
Fractional CTO | Interim Software Leader
Will has built his career healing software organizations. He has a breadth of knowledge and expertise across many industry verticals, and champions the ideology that "building software is a team activity". He has managed multi-million dollar budgets, with hundreds of employees, and been responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Will has worked with companies as small as six people and as large as those found on the Fortune 100. Will has the ability to understand the terrain qui…
Work
Furcate Gem
https://github.com/TildeWill/furcateA Ruby library I wrote for branching and merging user data
Experience
Sago
Interim Chief Architect
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
Sago is your trusted global market research partner, empowering confident decisions by connecting human answers to business questions.
- Led successful integration of three acquisitions
VoteAmerica
Interim VP of Engineering and Data
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
Nonpartisan tools and resources for voters in all 50 states and DC. Everything you need to register to vote, cast your ballot, and make sure it's counted.
- Stabilized platform in preparation for 2022 Election
- Secured SOC2 Type 2 Compliance
Aperture Health
Interim VP of Engineering
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
Aperture Health makes comprehensive provider data management easy. We help health plans, health systems, and state Medicaid agencies improve provider data quality, build and manage provider networks, and publish and maintain provider directories.
- Led successful acquisition by Verisys Corporation in 2021
Pivotal Labs
Agile Coach | Engineering Manager | Staff Software Engineering Consultant
Feb 2009 - Feb 2019
Do the right thing. Do what works. Be kind.
- Consulted with Rivals, Allstate, CoreLogic, VMWare, Snapfish, Twilio, Move/Realtor.com, TrueCar, Groupon, Twitter, BestBuy, and the US Air Force
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