I co-founded Kickfurther and was the sole developer for the first six months of the project and got us to our beta launch before we received funding and starting building out the dev team. My responsibilities included:
* Manage and lead the engineering team
* Evaluate and identify technologies, lead strategic planning to achieve business goals, set product and project roadmaps
* Review, analyze and approve project budgets and ensure they are completed on time
* Evaluate and approve hiring and employee performance as well as outsourced teams
* Establish the initial architecture for the application
* Direct development and execution of an company disaster recovery and business continuity plan
* Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders