Kerrick Long Director of Software Engineering me@kerricklong.com (573) 200-6339 Summary I'm passionate about solving problems, both through products and process improvement. I love to ship software that has impact, and I love doing it with a team working at peak efficiency. I believe we choose what we build and how we build it, so let's make the right choices and make a difference. Employment History Over The Top Marketing * Senior Front-End Software Engineer September 2022 - Present + Shipped features that resulted in a 22% year-over-year improvement in conversions using Angular, RxJS, and TypeScript + Initiated a cross-departmental feature prioritization process to focus engineering throughput on what mattered most + Implemented industry best practices in both process and technology on the engineering team to improve velocity Upland Software * Director of Software Engineering, Upland Second Street January 2021 - May 2022 + Led the product and teams through an acquisition, including personnel and process changes + Taught others the best parts of Second Street's processes while learning the best parts of Upland's + Delivered features in two products with a peak of 34 staff (engineering, management, and QA) across two remote-first teams Second Street * Director of Software Engineering December 2019 - January 2021 + Owned implementation, testing, and maintenance for Second Street's software platform + Increased velocity, reduced waste, and multiplied productivity for engineers & QA through process innovation + Advised co-owners and corporate leadership from every department on technical product strategy * Engineering Manager, Front-End Engineering December 2018 - December 2019 + Recruited, hired, and trained software engineers from junior to senior level + Established and stewarded mentorship programs, goal-setting, and other career activities * Lead Front-end Software Engineer February 2015 - December 2018 + Identified and eliminated roadblocks, process bottlenecks, and other inefficiencies + Mentored and trained junior developers, improving their skills and productivity * Senior Front-end Software Engineer January 2014 - February 2015 + Mentored and trained junior developers, improving their skills and productivity + Participated in the design and development of white-label web software using agile practices * Front-end Software Developer May 2013 - January 2014 + Employed best practices in user experience design and front-end web development + Developed across browsers and UI paradigms to make our clients productive and profitable Self-Employed * Software Developer June 2008 - May 2013 & Intermittently + Designed, developed, and deployed websites for clients including small businesses and individuals + Developed open source and proprietary software to fulfill internal and client needs Southeast Missouri State University * Student Developer September 2009 - September 2011 + Triage internal support requests for the web team + Develop and help design comprehensive website redesign * Plain Text * GitHub * LinkedIn * Speakerdeck