Wayne Stidolph

Background

About Wayne Stidolph

I'm a mainly-retired crossover engineer/manager, usually in "infrastructure" endeavors. I've been VPE/CTO for two VC-backed startups, chief architect for software dev teams, a technical or management consultant. I love being with teams that are trying something new - I operate well in the face of requirements ambiguity and change, and help others to do likewise. My primary goal this last decade has been to help technical teams gel and improve themselves while they develop products the company can afford to own and sell.(So, we have to bring together all the things that factor into Total Cost of Ownership over the product lifecycle.) Specialties: Lead Initial Development: I rapidly assess practicality of proposals/designs, even in new domains, and I develop or improve coherent whole-systems responses to partially-stated needs.(Sometimes by uncovering the rest of the needs statement, and sometimes just by designing in adaptable elements to leave the system open for extension.) Communicate Technical Vision: develop and convey technical material at levels from details in the tech team, to goals and status in the Boardroom, and to external groups. Lead Engineering: build and lead distributed teams for product development; development/ops process management; requirements engineering at crossover between PM, DevOps, and long-term engineering management