Fractional CTO
<aside> 👋 I’m Jake! I’m an engineering leader and founder helping startups build great products and teams. I have over a decade of experience building software, half of which I spent at Apple. I'm a hands-on leader who loves to code and build innovative things. I also produce music. Check out my LinkedIn to see my latest clients and get in touch.
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Some of my best startup advice packaged into easy to digest short articles:
Software Development for Non-technical Founders
Software Project Management for Startups
Hiring Developers for Startups
Things I’ve been working on myself:
👨👩👦 Grayrock - Co-parenting AI Mediator
🎹 Filtering MIDI Pitch Bend Messages with Arduino
🐘 Chptr Mobile app delivery: Remember loved ones lost. The product we built received hundreds of 5 star reviews and was voted #1 Product of the Day and #4 Community & Social App of the Year on Product Hunt.
ML-focused legal SaaS delivery: Deposition analysis AI for lawyers. I oversaw a pivot from custom machine learning models and infrastructure developed in partnership with Virginia Tech to a brand new product experience built around the advancing capabilities of large language models.
🌳 Frontline Gig Web app delivery: Gig staffing for green jobs. I hired the initial team and managed development of the first version of the product.
🚐 Senior Runs Architecture and fundraising support: Uber for NEMT. I drafted a product specification and architecture proposal for a very complicated build to replace an existing white-label system.
🏔️ Framewrk Organizational assessment and process support: Startup community and consulting platform. I was brought in to assess the engineering culture of their large, distributed team and implement recommendations.
✈️ Travelaya Web + mobile apps delivery: discount travel subscription service. I oversaw development of the first version of the product in collaboration with an existing agency partner.