HauteLook

• Company: HauteLook
• Type: E-Commerce
• Role: Founding CTO
• Duration: 2007-2015
• Description:
  • Founded in 2007 as one of the first flash sale e-commerce sites, featuring designer goods available for huge discounts for a limited time. Experiencing traffic levels that rivaled CNN on a daily basis, the customer experience was paramount. Featuring such ground-breaking things as real-time inventory with reservation at cart, cart expiration timers, and sale event start and end times, HauteLook changed the way millions of people shopped. Acquired in 2011 by Nordstrom, HauteLook has continued to grow to the largest flash sale site in the country doing billions in sales annually.
  • Technical co-founder of HauteLook, leading it through funding of $41M and acquisition by Nordstrom for $270M
  • Managed a technology department of over 100 full time employees
  • Oversaw all technology decisions and design for web application development and testing
  • Engineered a service oriented architecture in PHP and JAVA for multiple web applications including Nordstromrack.com, HauteLook.com, and multiple internal application tools
  • Integrated custom applications with Dynamics GP ERP system, Highjump WMS and Wynright WCS powering a 1 million sqft fulfillment center
  • Implemented Agile SCRUM software development lifecycle and Lean Kanban
  • Lead project prioritization for each department within the company • Managed a large IT budget and negotiates vendor contracts and procurement to consistently come in below budget
  • Built-out large datacenter for both private/hybrid cloud capabilities and enterprise infrastructure