Profile
I am a results-focused engineering leader who cares deeply about the growth of the people on my teams. I believe strong teams create strong products and creating a powerful development culture creates a winning company. I have recruited world-class talent to build new teams as well as stabilized and trained existing teams to modernize their products and development processes. I am comfortable leading large and small teams in-person or fully remote. I have experience building strong intra-company shareholder networks needed to drive strategic goals and interfacing directly with clients as a technical spokesperson. The majority of my career has been with teams building native iOS/Android and HTML/JavaScript frontends backed with cloud based ASP.NET and MEAN stack APIs running in AWS, Tanzu/PCF or Azure. I have also led teams creating desktop, Java/Ruby backend services and Unity3D VR applications. I'm focused on setting a competitive technology roadmap, increasing customer satisfaction, improving efficiency, and building return on investment.
Engineering Leader
I've directed software engineering for large and small companies bridging the full lifecycle of product development. I have startup and enterprise experience working on brownfield and greenfield projects across 10 countries
- Software Experience: 16 years
- Website: chrisklingler.com
- Phone: +208 982 7323
- Birthyear: 1984
- Email: christopherklingler@gmail.com
- Area: DFW
I've lead architecture, web and mobile groups globally helping to set and enforce consistent practices.
Clients
A few of the companies I've worked with
Stats
A few metrics to help get to know me
million+ USD product portfolio value last year. 69 the year before
engineers in my group at my last position
P1 outages multiple years in a row
kids and a dog at home. Yeah, I know
Skills
Some things I've picked up along the way
Enterprise, Consulting, Startup
Swift/ObjC, Java/Kotlin
.NET, Java, NodeJS, Javascript, ReactJS, Angular, HTML/CSS
NodeJS, Progress OpenEdge ABL
Windows, MacOS, Unity3D
MongoDB, CouchDB, MySQL, SQL Server, Python
Dynamics, Salesforce, BigCommerce, Tableau
Scrum, Kanban, JIRA/Trello, Event Storming, DDD/BDD/TDD
Work History
A quick summary of my previous positions. For more info ask me for my complete CV at christopherklingler@gmail.com
Professional Experience
Solera Holdings
Sep 2017 - Present
Global Director of Software Engineering
- Drove development standards, vendor/contractor management, dev tool selection, and many key architecture decisions for global product teams
- Successfully directed team of 70+ developers and their associated agile, QA, BA team members to deliver on co-created product/technology roadmaps
Senior Manager of Software Engineering and Mobile Lead
- Ensured high standard for development and quality production readiness across 8 squads of mobile product teams
- Led mobile team structure, architecture, tool adoption, training and design component decisions
Ohsome Interactive
Feb 2015 - Aug 2017
Mobile/VR Tech Lead
- Led iOS/Android/Unity3D development and architected the client platform and websites
- Led client meetings with Fortune 100 companies and managed contractor/consultant groups
Web and Mobile Solutions
Aug 2009 - Feb 2015
Owner, Senior Developer
- Create and support enterprise and government iOS, Android, Web and Unity games and applications from the ground up
- Ran business while performing design, coding, distribution and customer support for different technology projects
OpDrop
Jan 2011 - Mar 2013
Cofounder and Senior Developer
- Cofounded funded startup focused on opinion space and recruited and managed business and development team
Access Computer Services
Aug 2001 - Aug 2004
Junior Web Developer
- Built websites for local businesses and assisted with IT/networking/hardware concerns
Education
Medical Student
2009 - 2011
University of Nevada
Completed 2 years before leaving for startup. Ran free immunization clinic and served as webmaster to create/maintain check-in system for clinicians, medical students and patients for community clinic
Bachelors Degree
2003 - 2004, 2006 - 2009
Brigham Young University Idaho
Biology degree. Created web sites for local businesses while in undergraduate school
Portfolio
I've been blessed to work on critical in house products and projects for some of the most successful companies in the world. I've also been asked to come in to help bring wayward projects back on track. Please take a look at some of the scenarios and outputs showcased below
- All
- Web
- Mobile
- VR
- Data
- Legacy
- Turnaround
- Other
Platforms
I've been in software development for a while now and have worked on a wide array of platforms over the years
Web Frontend
From my early days in HTML and Coldfusion to modern oversight of major client portals in ReactJS/Angular
iOS
Started iOS development when the first iPhone was revealed. Now working with native/hybrid teams working on advanced Swift projects with Combine driven data
Android
Started with Android once our clients started demanding it. I wrote a lot in Java but have since led development for Kotlin-mixed applications used across EMEA and NA
APIs and Engines
Enterprise pushed me to learn how to make and lead data-focused teams and products with Java/.NET. I'm a strong proponent of API-first and API marketplace documentation/standardization
Dated Platforms
Every lasting company has some. I've been trusted to bring several into the future leading strangulation projects to dismantle the monoliths into microservice architectures
Testimonials
I've had the pleasure of working with many talented teams and awesome coworkers. Here are a few of their kind words regarding my work
He is an exceptional technical leader with solid understanding of business dynamics
Gloria Guntinas
Senior Director of Product Management, Solera Holdings
Chris can build things. They always look good too
Cordell Cahill
Founder, Mode-Four Development
Chris and his brothers are hilarious
Marie Domingo
VP Public Relations, Stage 2
Working with Chris has been super easy and very efficient. He exceeded demand across the board, including our very aggressive timeline
Todd Mercer
CEO/Founder, Immersive Marketing
He tends to go above and beyond
Jen Ohs
Regional Vice President, TMP Worldwide
Contact
Need technical help with something? Give me a call or send me a message
Location:
North Fort Worth, TX 76244
Email:
christopherklingler@gmail.com
Call:
+1 208 982 7323