Alex Brendon
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Christopher Lang
I cannot say enough good things about Alex. He is an empathetic, analytical, and strategic leader who's focused on finding intuitive solutions to complex problems. Through active listening and critical thinking, Alex is quick to identify inefficiencies and take ownership of the problem. If something isn't working, he addresses it head on. In my eyes, where Alex really separates himself is that he leaves his ego at the door. While he may head an initiative, he brings his team members into the fold by creating a collaborative environment based on trust and mutual respect. He encourages his team to use their strengths and actively contribute in strategizing solutions. When a job is finished, he makes sure that credit goes where it's due. His team members always get the recognition they deserve for their contributions. Anyone who wants to level up their engineering department would be lucky to have Alex.
Hailey Petway
Working with Alex is like running full speed together at problems. He's easily the best manager I have ever had, and I hope someday soon to work alongside of him again. I always felt like Alex was in my corner. If something needed improving, Alex would be there to help make a plan for how to make things better. He would show up consistently and was a force for good in our organization.
Christopher Lang
I cannot say enough good things about Alex. He is an empathetic, analytical, and strategic leader who's focused on finding intuitive solutions to complex problems. Through active listening and critical thinking, Alex is quick to identify inefficiencies and take ownership of the problem. If something isn't working, he addresses it head on. In my eyes, where Alex really separates himself is that he leaves his ego at the door. While he may head an initiative, he brings his team members into the fold by creating a collaborative environment based on trust and mutual respect. He encourages his team to use their strengths and actively contribute in strategizing solutions. When a job is finished, he makes sure that credit goes where it's due. His team members always get the recognition they deserve for their contributions. Anyone who wants to level up their engineering department would be lucky to have Alex.
Hailey Petway
Working with Alex is like running full speed together at problems. He's easily the best manager I have ever had, and I hope someday soon to work alongside of him again. I always felt like Alex was in my corner. If something needed improving, Alex would be there to help make a plan for how to make things better. He would show up consistently and was a force for good in our organization.
Christopher Lang
I cannot say enough good things about Alex. He is an empathetic, analytical, and strategic leader who's focused on finding intuitive solutions to complex problems. Through active listening and critical thinking, Alex is quick to identify inefficiencies and take ownership of the problem. If something isn't working, he addresses it head on. In my eyes, where Alex really separates himself is that he leaves his ego at the door. While he may head an initiative, he brings his team members into the fold by creating a collaborative environment based on trust and mutual respect. He encourages his team to use their strengths and actively contribute in strategizing solutions. When a job is finished, he makes sure that credit goes where it's due. His team members always get the recognition they deserve for their contributions. Anyone who wants to level up their engineering department would be lucky to have Alex.
Hailey Petway
Working with Alex is like running full speed together at problems. He's easily the best manager I have ever had, and I hope someday soon to work alongside of him again. I always felt like Alex was in my corner. If something needed improving, Alex would be there to help make a plan for how to make things better. He would show up consistently and was a force for good in our organization.
Christopher Lang
I cannot say enough good things about Alex. He is an empathetic, analytical, and strategic leader who's focused on finding intuitive solutions to complex problems. Through active listening and critical thinking, Alex is quick to identify inefficiencies and take ownership of the problem. If something isn't working, he addresses it head on. In my eyes, where Alex really separates himself is that he leaves his ego at the door. While he may head an initiative, he brings his team members into the fold by creating a collaborative environment based on trust and mutual respect. He encourages his team to use their strengths and actively contribute in strategizing solutions. When a job is finished, he makes sure that credit goes where it's due. His team members always get the recognition they deserve for their contributions. Anyone who wants to level up their engineering department would be lucky to have Alex.
Hailey Petway
Working with Alex is like running full speed together at problems. He's easily the best manager I have ever had, and I hope someday soon to work alongside of him again. I always felt like Alex was in my corner. If something needed improving, Alex would be there to help make a plan for how to make things better. He would show up consistently and was a force for good in our organization.
Credentials
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Motivate Remote Teams
LinkedInOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
Scrum AllianceFeb, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Hearsay Systems
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United States
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Engineering Manager
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Jan 2021 - Present
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Deloitte Digital
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Manager
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Nov 2018 - Oct 2020
• Directed a technology team of 11 engineers including frontend, backend, and devops, while overseeing the technical strategy and product roadmap • Coached engineers on code quality, architecture, career progression, and education leading to higher developer satisfaction and a 0% turnover rate • Conceptualized a technology strategy for a large client, which hardened the existing code, introduced unit testing, and built a shared component library giving the ability to scale-up… Show more • Directed a technology team of 11 engineers including frontend, backend, and devops, while overseeing the technical strategy and product roadmap • Coached engineers on code quality, architecture, career progression, and education leading to higher developer satisfaction and a 0% turnover rate • Conceptualized a technology strategy for a large client, which hardened the existing code, introduced unit testing, and built a shared component library giving the ability to scale-up dramatically, reduce tech-debt, and increase teams’ productivity by 12% • Set the overarching strategy for the team’s future by orchestrating a switch from on-prem hosting to AWS and scaled for development by 100+ engineers across 6 offices nationwide • Established the vision for distributed engineers nationwide. Introduced cross-office communication and aligned disjointed teams under a single engineering mindset using OKRs • Set up a national pair programming initiative to keep engineers in sync allowing for stronger collaboration and reuse of artifacts • Pioneered a system of 6 internal tools promoting greater collaboration, more automated workflows, and enabled the utilization of business insights; used by 1000+ employees nationally Show less • Directed a technology team of 11 engineers including frontend, backend, and devops, while overseeing the technical strategy and product roadmap • Coached engineers on code quality, architecture, career progression, and education leading to higher developer satisfaction and a 0% turnover rate • Conceptualized a technology strategy for a large client, which hardened the existing code, introduced unit testing, and built a shared component library giving the ability to scale-up… Show more • Directed a technology team of 11 engineers including frontend, backend, and devops, while overseeing the technical strategy and product roadmap • Coached engineers on code quality, architecture, career progression, and education leading to higher developer satisfaction and a 0% turnover rate • Conceptualized a technology strategy for a large client, which hardened the existing code, introduced unit testing, and built a shared component library giving the ability to scale-up dramatically, reduce tech-debt, and increase teams’ productivity by 12% • Set the overarching strategy for the team’s future by orchestrating a switch from on-prem hosting to AWS and scaled for development by 100+ engineers across 6 offices nationwide • Established the vision for distributed engineers nationwide. Introduced cross-office communication and aligned disjointed teams under a single engineering mindset using OKRs • Set up a national pair programming initiative to keep engineers in sync allowing for stronger collaboration and reuse of artifacts • Pioneered a system of 6 internal tools promoting greater collaboration, more automated workflows, and enabled the utilization of business insights; used by 1000+ employees nationally Show less
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Overstock
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Manager and Tech Lead, Frontend Engineering
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Apr 2017 - Dec 2018
• Opened Overstock’s first remote office and helped grow the office from 5 to 15 engineers • Advised teams through project strategy, agile sprint planning, development, and launched 3 weeks ahead of schedule • Architected the code for the entire website using React, Redux, Webpack, HTML, and CSS. This reduced deployment time from 4 days to 2 hours • Created and maintained a scalable, living style guide and component library increasing productivity by 25% • Mentored 3 engineers, 2… Show more • Opened Overstock’s first remote office and helped grow the office from 5 to 15 engineers • Advised teams through project strategy, agile sprint planning, development, and launched 3 weeks ahead of schedule • Architected the code for the entire website using React, Redux, Webpack, HTML, and CSS. This reduced deployment time from 4 days to 2 hours • Created and maintained a scalable, living style guide and component library increasing productivity by 25% • Mentored 3 engineers, 2 designers, and 2 product managers in career growth and education • Coordinated with business executives, product managers, engineers, and UX designers to map out a technical strategy around building and scaling a new product in the market Show less • Opened Overstock’s first remote office and helped grow the office from 5 to 15 engineers • Advised teams through project strategy, agile sprint planning, development, and launched 3 weeks ahead of schedule • Architected the code for the entire website using React, Redux, Webpack, HTML, and CSS. This reduced deployment time from 4 days to 2 hours • Created and maintained a scalable, living style guide and component library increasing productivity by 25% • Mentored 3 engineers, 2… Show more • Opened Overstock’s first remote office and helped grow the office from 5 to 15 engineers • Advised teams through project strategy, agile sprint planning, development, and launched 3 weeks ahead of schedule • Architected the code for the entire website using React, Redux, Webpack, HTML, and CSS. This reduced deployment time from 4 days to 2 hours • Created and maintained a scalable, living style guide and component library increasing productivity by 25% • Mentored 3 engineers, 2 designers, and 2 product managers in career growth and education • Coordinated with business executives, product managers, engineers, and UX designers to map out a technical strategy around building and scaling a new product in the market Show less
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3D Lovebirds
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Seattle
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Founder & CEO
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Jun 2014 - Jan 2018
3D Lovebirds is a company I founded to utilize 3D printing. I take care of the technology, marketing, maintenance, and business end. We do 3D scans of couples and 3D print a custom cake topper for their wedding day. 3D Lovebirds is a company I founded to utilize 3D printing. I take care of the technology, marketing, maintenance, and business end. We do 3D scans of couples and 3D print a custom cake topper for their wedding day.
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AIM Consulting Group
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Frontend Engineer
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Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
• Created a proof of concept tool for Microsoft permitting them to pitch to new customers increasing sales by 15% • Overhauled a Backbone/Javascript custom CMS to a modern React/Redux stack. Over 100 news organizations around the country collaborate on the CMS • Created a proof of concept tool for Microsoft permitting them to pitch to new customers increasing sales by 15% • Overhauled a Backbone/Javascript custom CMS to a modern React/Redux stack. Over 100 news organizations around the country collaborate on the CMS
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Leafly
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Frontend Engineer and Tech Lead
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Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
• Planned development of project strategy, information architecture, design, technology architecture, development, and deployment • Coded a more modern website using Angular, Javascript, HTML, and CSS, saving 80% time in ramping up and 25% time in creating new modules • Fashioned customized UX prototypes for fast and iterative testing with end users allowing the product to gain customer acceptance 40% faster • Planned development of project strategy, information architecture, design, technology architecture, development, and deployment • Coded a more modern website using Angular, Javascript, HTML, and CSS, saving 80% time in ramping up and 25% time in creating new modules • Fashioned customized UX prototypes for fast and iterative testing with end users allowing the product to gain customer acceptance 40% faster
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POP
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United States
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Advertising Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Interactive Developer
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Feb 2011 - Jun 2014
• Assembled a team of 5 front-end developers to build a multi-million dollar digital hub for Toyota’s national dealerships • Collaborated with designers to come up with flows and UX interactions, building prototypes to convey ideas and for testing with users; this resulted in reduced cost of development and testing by 35%
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Front-End Developer
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May 2010 - Feb 2011
• Developed code for pokemon.com, nintendo.com, using Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS and Backbone; millions of people around the world access these websites
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Twelve23
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Frontend Developer
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Jul 2008 - Feb 2010
• Produced websites for 10+ clients using PHP, MySQL, and Javascript managing projects from inception to 100% completion • Engineered the front-end of HTC.com using Javascript, HTML, CSS. This prepared them to emerge into the market going from 0.9% market share to 2.7% • Produced websites for 10+ clients using PHP, MySQL, and Javascript managing projects from inception to 100% completion • Engineered the front-end of HTC.com using Javascript, HTML, CSS. This prepared them to emerge into the market going from 0.9% market share to 2.7%
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Education
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2008 - 2009
Seattle Central College
Web Development/Design -
2007 - 2008
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Computer Science
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