Big things from before
One Platform
Twenty years of competing products at Snagajob merged into one platform, with a pay-for-performance model on top.
- 4×
- second-year revenue after the switch to pay-for-performance
- 83%
- reduction in new feature development, at most
TRM analysis
My method for prioritizing anything by the value it creates, measured in time, risk and money, so anyone can compare any two ideas.
ProductGetOutCast
A forecasting service that scored the conditions for photography. It was shut down because it cost more to run than it earned.
Hiring eventsHiring Events, at record speed
Turning a hands-on hiring service into software during COVID, built by most of engineering with as little coordination as possible.
Vendor spendReducing vendor spend
Asked to cut vendor spend for 2023, my department more than doubled the target in six months by letting anyone find the savings.
AutomationFreeing up people with automation
Automating the data pipeline into Snowflake, and removing a deployment step that cost more than it saved.
Eng opsAligning Engineering Operations
Giving six siloed operations teams one language for value (time, cost and risk) and a north star measured in numbers, not features.
Ops to productFrom ops to product
Treating operational teams as product teams, with customers, user journeys and KPIs, so they could show the value they created.