CTO at Freebird Rides
Playa Del Rey, California
Founder / Solutions Architect (Freelance) @ DuroMedia Consulting, design, and development for a wide variety of clients on internet technologies, web sites, and mobile application development. Currently specializing in startup level technology consulting, project management, and freelance CTO services. From January 2000 to January 2016 (16 years 1 month) Software Engineer @ Public-Media User Interface Design, Front-end...
Founder / Solutions Architect (Freelance) @ DuroMedia Consulting, design, and development for a wide variety of clients on internet technologies, web sites, and mobile application development. Currently specializing in startup level technology consulting, project management, and freelance CTO services. From January 2000 to January 2016 (16 years 1 month) Software Engineer @ Public-Media User Interface Design, Front-end web development, Back-end web development. Responsible for management of development team across multiple projects, implementation of new technology, and advancement of innovative development practices. From May 2007 to May 2008 (1 year 1 month) Sr. Manager, Software Engineering @ Evolve Media, LLC Responsible for the management of a large distributed engineering team spread out across 4 countries (US, Mexico, Serbia, Philippines) using production pipeline methods as well as Agile Project Management methodologies (Scrum, KanBan). Provides mentorship, recruiting, as well as strategic planning of company wide initiatives and resources. From May 2011 to October 2012 (1 year 6 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaSr. Software Engineer @ Evolve Media, LLC Responsible for development of a wide variety of interactive advertising solutions utilizing a large technology stack that includes: Flash Platform, ActionsScript 3, PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Flex. Also responsible for consulting and advising the Sales, Project Management, and Design teams on timelines, budgets, and solution architecture. From May 2008 to May 2011 (3 years 1 month) Greater Los Angeles AreaWeb Developer @ InMotion Hosting Responsible for building and maintaining numerous web properties both internal to the company and for external clients. From October 2003 to August 2007 (3 years 11 months) Chief Technology Officer @ Freebird Freebird Rides is a Rewards Platform that connects seamlessly to Uber and Lyft. Every ride you take earns you points which can be redeemed for cash back, and users can get cash back bonuses for riding to the hottest bars and restaurants in town automatically when they pay their bill.Freebird Rides provides any consumer facing business a highly effective, economically efficient, infinitely scalable “pay for performance” customer acquisition tool.Duties/Responsibilities/Accomplishments* System Architecture and key tech decision making* Hands-on contribution across the entire technology stack, including DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kibana), front-end (React, Redux), mobile (React Native), and back-end (Node.js, Hapi, MongoDB, ElasticSearch)* Management of in-house and remote front-end, back-end, and DevOps teams* Establishing overall engineering processes across* Tracking and reporting on KPIs for the rest of the management team and board of directors* Oversight of the QA, Program Management, and Product teams Santa Monica, CAAdvisor, Chief Solutions Architect @ ZehnerGroup As Chief Solutions Architect I provide strategic consulting on critical business development and on-going product development projects. This has me overseeing the more complex technology projects at ZG (both pre and post sale), and providing architectural guidance to the engineering and management teams. Culver City, CATechnology Director, CTO @ ZehnerGroup ZehnerGroup is an interactive agency headquartered in Los Angeles. Specializing in creative technology solutions ranging from eCommerce to large scale custom product/system development. Clients ranging from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises, with a special focus on fashion, lifestyle, and consumer facing brands.* Managed and grew Technology department from 5 to 25 full-time on/off-site engineers.* Responsible for all technology aspects of company which consistently accounted for 50%+ of all company revenue* Grew revenue generated by Technology department from 750k/yr to 2.5M/yr* Introduced a comprehensive "DevOps First" mind-set into the company, emphasizing automation, cloud based systems, and developer productivity. This lead to a practice that eventually saw entire contracts related to DevOps being awarded to the company and set ZG apart from many other agencies that lacked this focus.* Provided on-going hands-on mentorship and training for all developers across technology platforms, including: Node.js, PHP, Python, React, Angular, Chef, and Docker* Provided heavy hands-on support on all business development efforts, including: solution architecture, pre-sales research and discovery, development effort and timeline estimation, team mix, and in-person pitching of technology aspects of proposals* Performed account management duties and strategic technology consulting for key clients* Oversaw and provided end-to-end CTO-level guidance on over 2 dozen early stage custom product development projects, taking tech product ideas from “cocktail napkin to production”* Heavily contributed to the company's effort to build up an E-Commerce specialization, quickly becoming well versed in all aspects of E-Commerce platforms (Shopify Plus and Magento), the technical operational needs of E-Commerce merchants, and hiring and training up a team of developers that specialized in E-Commerce platforms From October 2012 to June 2017 (4 years 9 months) Culver City, CACTO / Co-Founder @ popsweeps.com popsweeps.com is a brand new social sweepstakes and product discovery platform built from the ground up using pure HTML5 technologies (node.js, Backbone.js). Our goal is to bring users new products every week that they can Discover > Share > Win. The more you share, the better your chances of winning. From August 2012 to March 2014 (1 year 8 months) Greater Los Angeles Area
DuroMedia
Founder / Solutions Architect (Freelance)
January 2000 to January 2016
Public-Media
Software Engineer
May 2007 to May 2008
Evolve Media, LLC
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering
May 2011 to October 2012
Greater Los Angeles Area
Evolve Media, LLC
Sr. Software Engineer
May 2008 to May 2011
Greater Los Angeles Area
InMotion Hosting
Web Developer
October 2003 to August 2007
Freebird
Chief Technology Officer
Santa Monica, CA
ZehnerGroup
Advisor, Chief Solutions Architect
Culver City, CA
ZehnerGroup
Technology Director, CTO
October 2012 to June 2017
Culver City, CA
popsweeps.com
CTO / Co-Founder
August 2012 to March 2014
Greater Los Angeles Area
Consulting, design, and development for a wide variety of clients on internet technologies, web sites, and mobile application development. Currently specializing in startup level technology consulting, project management, and freelance CTO services. Consulting, design, and development for a wide variety of clients on internet technologies, web sites, and mobile application development. Currently specializing in startup level technology consulting, project management, and freelance CTO services.
What company does Adam Duro work for?
Adam Duro works for DuroMedia
What is Adam Duro's role at DuroMedia?
Adam Duro is Founder / Solutions Architect (Freelance)
What industry does Adam Duro work in?
Adam Duro works in the Internet industry.
Who are Adam Duro's colleagues?
Adam Duro's colleagues are Jeff Einspahr, Serene Chan, and Adam Mizel
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