Brendan Streuber

VP of Engineering, Operations

Alpaca

Apr 2025 - Current (1 year 5 months)

Chief of Staff, Engineering

Alpaca

Jul 2024 - Apr 2025 (10 months)

Software Engineering Manager - Compliance & Onboarding

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Aug 2023 - Feb 2024 (7 months)

In this role at Kraken, I led the Compliance and User Onboarding team, driving global compliance efforts amidst evolving government regulations. Managing a remote-based team of 6 engineers, I implemented regulatory controls across all Kraken applications, meeting tight deadlines crucial for business operations in specific countries. By integrating top-tier vendors into our onboarding flow, we increased user sign-ups and activations as well as reduced our impact from fraud. Through analysis and problem-solving, I identified and resolved bottlenecks in the user journey, optimizing our onboarding funnel. As a key team in the company's push to a stream-aligned model, I oversaw feature development across multiple platforms and swiftly managed

Software Engineering Manager - Admin Platform

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Oct 2022 - Aug 2023 (11 months)

In my role as Engineering Manager of the Admin team, I guided the transformation of the Admin product into a versatile Admin Platform, empowering stream-aligned teams to autonomously develop backend exchange and user controls. Leading a fully remote team, we successfully converted the existing product into a platform while ensuring uninterrupted support for current users. Embracing an MFE architecture, we enabled the creation of apps that could be developed, tested, and deployed independently, improving agility and efficiency across the org. Notably, we elevated the platform's Net Promoter Score from 60% to 90% by enabling and effectively supporting the stream teams. Through quarterly OKR planning workshops, I facilitated the creation of

Software Development Manager

Reach

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 1 month)

• Hired and built a cross-functional team of software engineers, test automation engineer,s and QA • Managed the Agile Software Development life cycle • Directed software projects, including the work break-down, estimation, sprint planning, and execution • Revamped and improved the Jira project organization, team boards, and development workflow • Tackled a failing project and delivered it successfully and on time • Led inter-team and inter-disciplinary coordination meetings • Delivered products using a variety of web technologies including React, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Java, DataDog and AWS • Worked with sales to identify customer needs and project requirements

Project Manager of Innovation and New Product Development

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 10 months)

• Guided innovation and new product development efforts • Contributed to and informed senior leadership on strategic direction • Communicated with existing and potential customers to ensure we were aligned with their needs • Designed, developed, and presented new marketing ideas and strategies • Led cross-functional development teams in creating new products and capabilities • Organized and ran international trade-shows and product demonstrations

Project Manager / Product Owner

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year 1 month)

• Managed multi-million dollar software projects • Provided vision and direction to the Agile development team • Solicited customer requirements and created user stories • Prioritized work backlog to deliver maximum benefit to the customer • Developed proposals and invoiced customers • Traveled to provide on-site customer support • Supported Business Development with technical input, product demonstrations, and trade-show support • Proposed solutions to potential and existing customers • Collected and documented project metrics

Software Engineering Manager

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2015 - Jan 2019 (4 years 1 month)

• Led a cross-functional team of engineers to develop complex software systems • Acted as the Scrum Master, guiding the agile process (Estimation, Planning, Stand-ups, Retrospectives) • Responsible for overall software design and product quality • Developed requirements with product owners and customers • Recruited, interviewed and trained new software engineers • Managed risk by anticipating it and planned mitigation tasks • Empowered the team to make decisions and improve each iteration • Cultivated a high-performing team that tackled problems together • Implemented site wide productivity tools (Atlassian Suite) to improve inter-team work effectiveness

Senior Software Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 (2 years 1 month)

• Developed software in a heavily agile (scrum) environment • Led planning, design, and retrospective meetings • Trained interns and full-time hires • Travelled to military customers in the USA to provide on-site integration support • Promoted good UX and GUI design with an emphasis on operator effectiveness • Used Software Design Principles and Patterns to design safe and maintainable software • Implemented code reviews and other processes to cut down on technical debt and defects

Software Engineer

CDL Systems Ltd

May 2009 - Jan 2012 (2 years 9 months)

• Architected and was lead developer for a brand new multi-million dollar software project • Developed code using TDD and designed an AAT framework which reduced testing times • Lead an inexperienced team of developers to develop and maintain flight critical software • Attended Agile Alliance 2011 Conference, as well as other conferences and talks to improve my skills • Created demo versions of our software to display at the international AUVSI conference

Software Developer Intern

CDL Systems Ltd

May 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year 5 months)

• Maintained legacy software, refactoring and writing tests as the code was modified • Coded an MPEG-2 decoder from scratch to reduce the video latency times • Developed core software components for the company to use • Supported Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems

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