Brad Hefta-Gaub Professional Resume

- 2023-present: Fractional CTO & Strategic Advisor - Providing strategic direction on product development, technology, and business operations to executive teams in startup environments. - Designing and implementing engineering team structures, driving recruitment, and leading talent management for multiple tech ventures. - Overseeing technical architecture and ensuring project roadmaps align with overarching business goals across diverse companies. - 2021-2023: 98point6 Technologies, Senior Vice President Product Engineering - Recruited by CEO and CTO during rapid growth to elevate performance through improved culture/processes. - Turned around struggling engineering team that missed SLAs 6 quarters, establishing tracking and accountability enabling 100% SLA attainment 5 of next 6 quarters. - Led development of cutting-edge healthcare platform leveraging advanced technologies like AI, Machine Learning, Expert Systems, HL7 FHIR, and AWS to enhance practitioner capabilities, patient satisfaction, operational efficiency, and drive scalable evolution. - Implemented robust security practices ensuring HIPAA/SOC2 compliance. - Successfully managed a diverse team of over 100 engineers, fostering collaboration and innovation. - Played key role executing complex company restructure/spinout; led technical due diligence and multi-year platform licensing negotiation as part of sale of legacy business. - 2013-2020: High Fidelity, Chief Technology Officer - Joined as an early engineer, responsible for building the majority of the real-time streaming server and networking stack for an open-source, shared virtual reality platform. - Designed and developed the spatial database powering a massive virtual world. - Transitioned to CTO role, overseeing engineering management and providing technical direction during the company's expansion from six to over one hundred employees. - Member of leadership team raising $68m in B through D venture rounds. - 2010-2012: Korrio, Chief Technology Officer - Collaborated closely with the founder/CEO as the first employee to shape product vision and technical strategy. - Led technical operations and development of a youth sports organization and social media platform, benefiting parents, players, and teams. - Member of leadership team raising $8m in A and B venture rounds. - 2007-2010: Konamoxt, Co-Founder/CEO - Founded and led Konamoxt, an early social network for everyday athletes. - Pioneered a unique platform integrating fitness journals, blog posts, and health content. - Achieved significant consumer adoption with several hundred thousand active accounts. - Successfully transitioned the business to focus on corporate wellness, securing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks and Brooks Running. - 2005-2006: Revenue Science, Senior Vice President Media Operations - Managed the P&L responsibility for a premium portfolio of businesses, collaborating with influential partners such as AOL, Edmunds.com, Financial Times, Jumpstart Automotive Media, Kelly Blue Book, and Reuters. - 2003-2005: Revenue Science, CTO & Senior Vice President Engineering - Led the development of the industry's first large-scale behavioral targeting platform, processing over 1 billion data points daily. - Pioneered the commercial use of pixel-based technology for web traffic tracking, revolutionizing online advertising analytics. - Spearheaded the early proprietary implementation of NoSQL-based datastores for enhanced data processing efficiency. - Member of leadership team raising $36m in D and E venture rounds. - 1995-2003: RealNetworks, Vice President Software Products - Joined as the 20th employee and contributed to the growth of the company to over 1500 employees and its IPO. - As VP, led a team of over 200 engineers in the Media Systems Division. - Managed the development of the core multimedia client/server platform that formed the foundation of RealNetworks' streaming media technology. - As a Senior Developer, implemented the first commercially available browser plugin for both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.