Tina Cessna
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Senior Vice President of Engineering
California, United States
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- CCareer BreakSep 2025 - Current (1 year 1 month)
Senior Vice President Of EngineeringBackblaze Cloud Storage BackupJul 2021 - Sep 2025 (4 years 3 months)As a member of the executive team, I developed a strategic roadmap that ensures we continue to innovate our cloud storage solutions.
I am dedicated to advancing Backblaze's engineering capabilities, resulting in significant operational improvements.
Cultivated a high-performing engineering culture, enhancing team collaboration and innovation.
Implemented cutting-edge technologies that streamlined processes and improved service delivery.- Vice President Of EngineeringBackblaze Cloud Storage BackupJun 2018 - Jun 2021 (3 years 1 month)As head of engineering at Backblaze, I work closely with the Product, Design, and Data teams to define our technical product vision.
As part of the executive team, I’m focusing on business strategies and defining the appropriate roadmap to ensure execution.
On the Engineering side, my responsibilities include:
- driving our talented teams of engineers and QAs on delivering high quality software across our cloud storage solutions, Mac and Windows client applications, Web and Mobile applications, as well as generating a data warehouse for analytics.
- partnering with recruiters to hire engineers/QAs to support growth.
- ensuring talent retention and growth for my organization. - Senior Director, Software DevelopmentOracleNov 2017 - Jun 2018 (8 months)Responsible for the development of a cloud-based SaaS financial application and related mobile solutions. To execute and deliver, I lead multiple Software Engineering teams and a Product Management team.
The engineering efforts comprised of software development, performance engineering, test automation, and QA. Through my engineering leadership and refinement of SCRUM-based practices, the development team was able to meet their delivery with high predictability. By emphasizing automated testing, my teams increased the quality and performance of the product. The following are some of the engineering activities:
• Innovate features by creating Intelligent UX through the application of machine learning; supporting smart action - Director of Software EngineeringSalesforceJun 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 6 months)Led multiple teams in the development of Salesforce developers’ and admins' websites, including the Trailhead learning App that empowers developers to quickly learn the Salesforce platform. Transformed an ad hoc software development process into a predictable, quality-driven process using Agile methodologies and best practices, such as continuous integration, test automation, and cross team collaboration.
Key roles and responsibilities:
• Defined product roadmaps and budget to achieve short and long-term strategic
objectives.
• Informed stakeholders of project status, risks and offer mitigation strategies to ensure
on-time delivery.
• Coached, mentored, and provided technical leadership to the engineering - Software Engineering ManagerBelkinSep 2013 - Jun 2015 (1 year 10 months)Managed a distributive software team of local and offshore software engineers to produce software for Belkin’s line of connected home devices aka "Internet of Things". Responsible for all phases of software development, including design, coding, integration, and debugging of major portions of software projects such as mobile applications, cloud services, and embedded software.
Software Manager role:
• Managed 20+ software engineers.
• Interviewed and hired software staff, allocated software resources to projects, and
approved contractors’ invoices.
• Collaborated with business leaders on the WeMo product roadmap.
• Supported Customer Advocacy team to address reported issues.
• Spearheaded an effort - Senior Software EngineerFalconStor SoftwareJun 2011 - Sep 2013 (2 years 4 months)Developing a web-based Software-as-a-Service application for enterprise data protection.
Managed a team of offshore developers to implement a rich graphical web-based application for enterprise data protection services. This included task planning, prioritizing, and allocating resources. In addition to my project management role, I architected, designed, as well as contribute to its development.
Reported to the executive management team on product direction and progress. Collaborated with product management to define product requirements, and user stories. Designed wireframes to communicate User Interface concepts.
Evangelized agile software development processes, and coding standards. Defined scrum backlog - Senior Software EngineerCisco SystemsMar 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year 4 months)Hands-on technical lead managing a team of software engineers to architect, design, and implement an embedded services-management framework for Cisco's next generation Linux-based home routers. Implemented a Web-based User Interface application manage the router.
Worked with cross-functional teams to resolved requirement issues. Managed off-shore resources in China who was part of our development team. - Principal Software EngineerOnocoders LLCSep 2009 - Mar 2010 (7 months)Co-founder and principal software engineer of Onocoders consulting company, developing web applications for SaaS (Software as a Service).
- GSenior Software EngineerG IncJan 2007 - Aug 2009 (2 years 8 months)● Co-lead the development of a web-base Software-as-a-Service application in a resource constrained startup environment.
● Working with Linux, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, AJAX and LAMP technologies.
● Responsibilities: Product Development, Project Management, Software Development includes defining software architecture, design, and implement the presentation, business-logic as well the data layers. - Senior Software EngineerCisco SystemsJul 1996 - Jan 2007 (10 years 7 months)2001 – Jan 2007
● Modularizing Cisco’s legacy router operating system in order to deploy it in a modern microkernel real-time-embedded Unix environment to support the Catalyst 6500 product line
● Modularized the high availability, inter-card communication, inter-process communication, online hot-swappable modules, and File system components
2000 – 2001
● Added features to Cisco’s Network Management system for the DSL product line.
1996 – 2000
● Led a software team to develop CiscoSecure, Cisco’s enterprise security system. In order to perform Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services for Cisco’s routers, this system employed a distributive multi-tiered architectu
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- BSEE, Electronic and Computer EngineeringCalifornia State Polytechnic UniversityPomona
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