Reliability, Technical Content Management) to the product development teams. One special group runs
our Open Source program.
From 2016-2017, I was VP Global Engineering Capabilities and led a small, talented team of
engineering leaders to support and develop capabilities for product development teams. This was a
more matrixed leadership position and focused on initiatives similar to those I lead in my current role.
Prior to that, as VP Engineering, Applications, I provided leadership support for teams working on user-
facing applications. I helped coordinate efforts in areas such as front-end technology and application
security, and I spent plenty of time working on org-wide initiatives (such as Indeed University) and
mentoring leaders around the engineering organization as it grew to over 500 people.
For several years, I directly led the Jobseeker Applications teams, including Job Search, Resume, and
Indeed Apply, in Austin and Seattle.
Efforts I've led include:
Engineering Capabilities
• Designed organizational structure that includes development teams in Austin, Seattle, San Francisco,
and Tokyo
• Hired and coached engineering directors as well as senior managers for each of the 9 groups in the
organization
• Worked with a Product Director counterpart to provide overall vision and direction for the
organization
• Introduced Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to align groups and teams with overall mission
Global Engineering Capabilities
• Managed Engineering Directors for our QA and Data Science cross-site organizations. QA Analysts
and Data Scientists embed in product development teams and take as much ownership of their
products as the Product Managers and Software Engineers on those teams.
• Managed Engineering Directors and senior technologists working on a variety of cross-cutting
concerns, including velocity, productivity, reliability, privacy, security, user experience, service
infrastructure, and experimentation (A/B test infrastructure). We work to support and encourage
innovation and continuous improvement across all 5 engineering sites worldwide.
Management Practices
• Proactively influenced the development of Indeed's approach to engineering career growth and
quarterly evaluation
• Built and maintained a tool (called Hindsight) that helps engineers and their managers track their
contributions over time.
Indeed University (oversight)
• Helped design and implement this 12-week on-boarding program for new college grads.
• Advised and managed the program's leader for 2015 and 2016.
• Advised on the evolution of the program in 2017 and 2018.
Development Process and Productivity
• Introduced continuous integration (using Jenkins) and code coverage tracking.