Jeffrey Wescott
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VP of Engineering
California, United States
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VP of EngineeringExpelSep 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)- Head of Engineering (interim)StellicOct 2024 - May 2025 (8 months)Accountable for all engineering functions while Stellic searches for its permanent leader.
- VP of EngineeringLatticeMar 2022 - Feb 2024 (2 years)Accountable for Platform engineering, including infrastructure, core services, full-stack frameworks and paved roads, as well as developer experience.
- Engineering Director (Platform Experience)SplunkMay 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 11 months)Responsible for multiple parts of the Splunk core platform experience across 4 sub-areas: administrative, data management, developer, and our nascent next-generation experience. My full area spans 9 leaf-node teams and roughly 100 engineers.
- Senior Manager, Engineering (Splunk Investigate and Platform UI)SplunkAug 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 9 months)Responsibility for leading an organization of 25 engineers (across 5 teams, both front-end and back-end) to deliver both our data analytics and collaboration solution as well as the platform provisioning, administration, and management applications. Both are built on top of Splunk's next-generation cloud platform (SCP).
Relevant technologies: JavaScript, React.js, Apollo, GraphQL, Go, Kubernetes - LCTO and Head of ProductLearners GuildDec 2015 - Jul 2018 (2 years 8 months)My responsibilities within the organization were building and leading both of the technical teams within the organization: the 4 software developers and 1 product manager who created our learning-management system, as well as roughly 15 learner-facing instructional staff who developed our curriculum and facilitated the learning.
Occasionally, I also worked with our partnership development team to help articulate our vision to forward-thinking companies who were trying to build internal apprenticeship programs.
Relevant technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, RethinkDB, GraphQL, React.js, redux - CTOWisdom Labs IncJan 2015 - Nov 2015 (11 months)Responsible for all aspects of the Wisdom Labs digital offering, including the design and development of the initial proof-of-concept backend and native apps.
Relevant technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, React Native, Keen.io, Catalyze - cCo-Founder and CEOcineioJul 2014 - Nov 2015 (1 year 5 months)cine.io was acquired in December 2015.
cine.io is an API-based live-video-streaming service. Using cine.io, developers can build applications that support broadcasting from and consumption by any device (including desktop, iOS, and Android), with minimal lag and minimal code.
As co-founder on a very small team, my responsibilities spann product management, development, operations, and marketing. From a technology perspective, the sheer breadth of different tec - GCo-Founder and CEOGiving StageJun 2013 - Jul 2014 (1 year 2 months)The Giving Stage is a virtual venue where artists perform in order to raise money for a cause or charity. Viewers make a small donation in exchange for the rights to participate in an exclusive, online-only event. Bands increase their fan-base by doing good. Charities forward their cause and ignite new movements. Fans enjoy their favorite music while connecting with like-minded individuals passionate about the cause.
Relevant technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, React.js, RTMP, HLS - PartnerDev BootcampAug 2012 - Jun 2013 (11 months)I was an early advisor to Dev Bootcamp, and later joined to help the founder expand the operation. My responsibilities included curriculum development, facilitation, student instruction, software development, and team leadership.
Relevant technologies: Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, jQuery - VP of Product and EngineeringChangeorgApr 2010 - Jul 2012 (2 years 4 months)During my tenure here, I grew the product team from a single, founding engineer to a team of close to 50 people across: Design, Product Management, Web Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Analytics, Quality Engineering, Technical Support, and Online Marketing. In this same time window, the user base grew from 1.5M to close to 35M users worldwide, and the company expanded from the founder's bedroom to having offices in 18 countries around the world. What a ride!
Relevant technologies: Ruby, Rails, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery - MFounder / OwnerMunificent budsockJan 2009 - Jul 2011 (2 years 7 months)Munificent was the parent company for a few of my entrepreneurial ventures, none of which are any longer active. The most notable project during this time was a tangible good called the "budsock" which helped to keep earbuds untangled when stowed in a pocket or bag (see the website for more info).
- Co-FounderZivityNov 2006 - Jan 2009 (2 years 3 months)Zivity is a royalty distribution platform for models and photographers. During my tenure at Zivity, I played many roles, including acting as the founding CEO. I was responsible for day-to-day operations of the company, financing, product management, as well as building some early parts of the product. Most of my energy, however, was spent managing the product and engineering teams.
Relevant technologies: Ruby, Rails, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery - ArchitectIronPort Systems IncSep 2004 - Dec 2006 (2 years 4 months)IronPort was acquired by Cisco Systems.
It was during my tenure here that I made the leap from individual contributor to a leadership role, providing product direction, technical oversight, and some hands-on management of email and web security services. These security services were the intelligent backend that powered all of the IronPort security appliances in Fortune 1000 data centers around the world.
Relevant technologies: Python, Java, MySQL, and a tiny bit of C - CSenior Software EngineerCovalent Technologies IncSep 2002 - Mar 2004 (1 year 7 months)Design and implementation of application management software in J2EE.
Relevant technologies: Java, J2EE, MySQL - SArchitectSaltare IncNov 1999 - Sep 2002 (2 years 11 months)Designed and implemented a real-time supply-chain event management system.
Relevant technologies: Java, J2EE, MySQL - Senior EngineerInterWorld CorporationSep 1996 - Oct 1999 (3 years 2 months)Created infrastructure upon which e-commerce applications were built.
Relevant technologies: C++, Java
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- BCSE, Computer Science and EngineeringBucknell UniversitySep 1991 - May 1995 (3 years 9 months)