William Grosso

Current

CTO / VP Engineering at Twofish
Advisory Board Member at Various
Board Member at SDForum

Engineering and Management Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

CTO and VP of Engineering at Engage (bought by Spark Networks. Amex: LOV)
Co-Chair, Emerging Technology SIG at SDForum
Vice President of Engineering at Echopass

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William Grosso’s Summary

Startup executive. Brings enough process to create quality software on a predictable schedule, while managing for high productivity and innovation. Understands business requirements and how to work cross-functionally to meet market and customer requirements.

(see also: http://www.wgrosso.com)

William Grosso’s Experience

CTO / VP Engineering

Twofish

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

We're building an internet-scale platform to support virtual goods and economies. I manage dev, qa, network operations and product. At the end of the day, if the tech don't perf, or if the product is incoherent, it's probably my fault.
Advisory Board Member

Various

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

June 2003 — Present (6 years 2 months)

Provide technical and strategic advice as member of advisory boards for several startups. I limit the number of companies I advise because I like to be a fairly active advisor. Usually this takes the form of:

-- Architectural and technological advice
-- Hiring and interview assistance
-- Help identifying and negotiating with outsourced resources
-- Mock investor for funding pitch preparation
-- Sounding board for strategy
-- Generally opinionated guy.
Board Member

SDForum

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)

Long term member of the board for SDForum. Help to initiate/manage strategic relationships, advise on technology direction and, as chair of the SIG committee, manage the 16 SIGs that meet monthly under the SDForum umbrella. Recent focus has been on redefining the structure of the organization, corporate governance, and compensation.
Engineering and Management Consulting
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

June 1997 — Present (12 years 2 months)

Intermittently serve as consultant both to software companies and to companies with a significant software component, usually as an interim Vice President of Engineering.

Recent assignments have included:

-- Performing a software evaluation for one of the larger companies in the valley and helping them make a "repair or start-over" decision.
-- Helping an established company figure out a new
engineering organization structure and product roadmap
after an acquisition tripled the size of engineering
to approximately 120 people.
-- Analyzing engineering processes and software architecture
at an early stage startup looking to grow quickly.
-- Evaluating a newly purchased engineering organization.
-- Helping a late-stage startup re-evaluate its architecture
and software delivery models, with the goal of moving an
installed application to a SaaS product line.