Chris Rhoton

- Architected and executed delivery of Morning Consult's fastest-selling SaaS (B2B) product offering ("Audience") and many of the platform's most engaging features (Data Exports, Brand Rankings, Dashboards, etc.) - Drove delivery of new, core API service specifically designed to meet the needs of LLM-enabled agentic workflows/Model Context Protocol-based tools. - Balanced delivery of customer-focused features against paying down extensive technical debt/refactoring of legacy systems. - Partnered with Product, Customer Success, Account Executives and other stakeholders to identify and prioritize new features, define our product roadmap, and execute our go-to-market strategy. - Monitored key product metrics to inform how we invested developer resources. - Used developer metrics to dramatically improve velocity, optimize sprint planning, and deliver features on reliable timelines. - Drove adoption of scalable, event-driven architecture built with AWS, Kubernetes, and HashiCorp products.

- Architect for a large scale, CRM/ERP B2B SaaS product (Deltek's Vantagepoint) - Developed a custom frontend application framework to facilitate rapid development and delivery of 400+ interconnected applications. - Led development of applications/modules spread across Billings, Settings, Onboarding/Setup, and Projects/Planning. - Mentored engineers drawn from a globally dispersed (U.S., India, and the Philippines), 100+ member engineering team. - Led Developer Relations (DevRel) for the Architecture team, working with engineering leads to identify pain points in our framework, propose solutions, and incorporate those changes. - Worked closely with Product team to define Vantagepoint's roadmap and plan/execute go-to-market strategy for new features

- Led day-to-day operations with six direct reports and fifteen total staff (manager-of-managers). - Consistently exceeded profitability targets and other KPIs. - Delivered two of the offices most successful quarters (Q4 2015, Q1 2016). - Developed growth pipeline focused on customer acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and monetization.

- Taught full stack JavaScript curriculum focused on computer science fundamentals, frontend frameworks, backend technologies (Node, SQL/NoSQL databases), testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment. - Mentored junior software engineers in product design/development and workflow management (Agile/Scrum)

- Certified Core Collector specializing in counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations - Led and managed small teams in designing/executing operations (Branch Chief) - Communicated complex situations/tasks to teams across the globe daily - Collaborated with multiple Intelligence Community partner organizations - Multiple commendations for exceptional service

- Designed and developed custom solutions leveraging open source, Linux-based technologies and cryptographic systems - Worked directly with clients to identify needs, prototype solutions, and deliver finished products

- Designed and installed Cisco-based networking infrastructure solutions worldwide.