William Hakizimana

• Successfully manage two engineering teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Lead recruitment efforts, attracting top-tier talent and building a robust, skilled team.
• Spearhead the execution of complex projects that have added 10 million dollars ARR to our bottom line.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical initiatives with overall business objectives.
• Implement performance measurement frameworks to assess team efficiency and identify areas for improvement.

Technologies: Java, Python, PostgresQL, Google BigQuery, GCP

• Built and lead 2 teams of 16 software/data engineers, 2 data scientists, and 1 engineering manager.
• Partner with monetization product managers to launch features and initiatives that helped us go from $1.5 million MRR to $8 million MRR.
• Worked closely with product managers and engineering leadership to define the mission and the goals of the newly created domain within the engineering organization.
• Introduced event driven architecture to support our new usage billing business model while also improving reliability and the scalability of our services.

Technologies: Go, Clojure, Python, Kafka, Postgres, Snowflake

• As Technical cofounder, I took the business ideas of the founding team. I researched, designed and implemented the first version of the web application
• Built and led the engineering team of 20 software engineers and 2 engineering managers.
• Consulted regularly with customers to truly understand the problems we are solving for them so I can prioritize what features we need to build next
• Led Integration projects with our key customers and partners
• Coached Engineering managers on team leadership and agile software development and delivery.

Technologies: Python, Django, Django Rest Framework. AngularJS, PostgresQL, Redis, Amazon Web Services, Celery

• Conducted technical reviews and reports on portfolio companies
• Provided technical advice and support to portfolio companies
• Conducted seminars and conferences for family offices to update them on the trends in the startup ecosystem

• At this small software development agency, I designed and implemented several highly scalable web applications from a wide range of industries
• Consulted with clients to identify the business needs/requirements of their project

Technologies: Python, Django, Javascript, Angular, node, PostgresQL.

Technologies:Java, PHP, MySQL, Peoplesoft

• Joined the team around the time Delta was planning to merge with Northwest Airlines. Modified existing software to develop and implement web user interfaces and give employees access to a wide array of employee services. Ex:booking their own tickets.
  
• Interfaced with business analysts, developers and technical support to determine the best requirement specifications for the Integration Playbook between the two IT systems