Trey Hicks
Engineering Leader
Lafayette,United States
Summary
A technology leader with over 12 years experience leading software development teams and over 20 years combined as a developer, architect, team lead, and cross organizational leader.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director of Engineering
Gloo
Boulder, CO
11.2018 - Current
- Hired as Sr. Staff Engineer before serving as hands-on Director of Engineering
- Founded Data Mesh Engineering and led organizational shift towards principles of the Data Mesh paradigm
- Responsible for architecture and Implementation of event-driven mesh of connectivity between data products
- Implementation of streams and Kafka connectors to transport data from one to many data stores as data changes and perform schema migrations
- Design and implementation of Typescript microservices using REST and event interfaces
- Representing Gloo through speaking engagements and blog posts generating ~5k readers over past several months
Director of Engineering
Recurly
San Francisco, CA
11.2016 - 10.2018
- Led Billing, Subscriptions, and Platform Services teams in Boulder, San Francisco, and other locations
- Led adoption of Agile best practices across teams resulting in improved visibility, tighter coordination, better communication, improved productivity, and predictable, high-quality results
- Recruited, mentored, and motivated talented teams totally 30 team members across engineering, design, designers, product managers, QA, and SRE
- Responsible for full software development lifecycle of key product features all on-time and exceeding expectations
- Attended weekly department head meetings to share information and voice concerns
Sr. Director of Engineering
Sovrn
Boulder, CO
10.2015 - 11.2016
- Evolved data pipeline and backend systems to handle growth from 3 billion events per day to 12 within eight months
- Led adoption of Agile practices leading to tighter feedback loops, predictability, and clearer visibility to commitments
- Cultivated, maintained and motivated talented engineers and directors across all teams in Boulder and London
- Worked closely to set clear requirements, set clear goals, encourage best practice and define key objects for engineering
- Performed technical due diligence of potential acquisitions and led efforts to integrate technical components
VP of Engineering
Sportslabs
Boulder, CO
01.2014 - 10.2015
- Recruited and motivated extremely talented team of 35 engineers and IT professionals
- Shifted development approach from "agency" model to product model by leveraging a common, repeatable platform
- Led architecture of platform that reduced web site delivery time from 4 months to two weeks and mobile delivery times from 2 months to 4 hours per application
- Delivered mobile and web applications as well as systems used to curate content using technologies such as Angular, Rails, Java, Android, and Objective-C
VP of Development
Trada
Boulder, CO
04.2010 - 12.2013
- Hired as Sr. Software Engineer before moving into executive role
- Developed web application and platform used to crowd-source SEM for small to medium businesses across all ad networks using Rails and cloud providers
- Introduced, championed, and instituted Agile methodologies and related practices
- Built outstanding and dynamic team of software engineers and developers which significantly boosted overall success of organization
- Supported top-level decision-making and strategy planning, forging productive relationships with top leaders
Sr. Software Engineer
GHX
Louisville, CO
01.2009 - 04.2010
- Developed robust platform for two product lines used to manage medical inventory while serving as technical lead.
- We applied enterprise Java technologies and test-driven development to build products that won internal awards for revenue, innovation, and high standards
- Suggested improvements to team and project workflow including being the first team to adopt Agile, Lean processes
Sr. Software Engineer
Newmerix
Louisville, CO
09.2007 - 12.2008
- Individual contributor creating enterprise change management applications using C#, .Net, and third-party management
- Won award for Innovation Excellence
Sr. Software Engineer
Hart InterCivic
Lafayette, CO
05.2006 - 09.2007
- Developed web application for voter registration in the state of Texas using Java and XML technologies
- Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Created import/exports systems supporting over 10 million voters
UI Architect
EnRoute Traffic Systems
Golden, CO
04.2004 - 03.2006
- Developed real-time traffic monitoring application for Colorado Dept of Transportation using Java, GIS, and image processing
- Served as technical lead and architect for control center used to visualize flow, calculate travel times, and control changeable message signs throughout state
- Contributions directly improved Amber Alert notifications from six hours to 10 minutes
Software Architect
Aegis Analytical
Lafayette, CO
12.2000 - 03.2004
- Developed graphical and statistical analysis solutions for pharmaceutical companies using enterprise Java technologies.
- Designed architecture strategies for integration with data systems and measuring manufacturing quality
Sr. Software Engineer
Texas Instruments, Raytheon
Plano, TX
07.1995 - 12.2000
- Developed visualization and simulation technologies and applications using C++ and graphic libraries in heterogeneous collection of environments
- Key contributions to tank, helicopter, and firearms training simulators
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR 01.1988 - 01.1995
Skills
Engineering Leadership
Data Architecture
Event Driven Architecture
Rails
Typescript
Node
React
Kafka
Kafka Connect
KSQL
GraphQL
Strategic planning
Billing and Subscription Services
Websites
Accomplishments
Speaker at Kafka Summit Americas 2021, "How Data Mesh is Driving Our Platform"
Timeline
Director of Engineering
Gloo
11.2018 - Current
Director of Engineering
Recurly
11.2016 - 10.2018
Sr. Director of Engineering
Sovrn
10.2015 - 11.2016
VP of Engineering
Sportslabs
01.2014 - 10.2015
VP of Development
Trada
04.2010 - 12.2013
Sr. Software Engineer
GHX
01.2009 - 04.2010
Sr. Software Engineer
Newmerix
09.2007 - 12.2008
Sr. Software Engineer
Hart InterCivic
05.2006 - 09.2007
UI Architect
EnRoute Traffic Systems
04.2004 - 03.2006
Software Architect
Aegis Analytical
12.2000 - 03.2004
Sr. Software Engineer
Texas Instruments, Raytheon
07.1995 - 12.2000
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
01.1988 - 01.1995