Entrepreneurial technology executive with 23 years of engineering and product development experience, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 corporations. Strategic visionary grounded in analytical rigor. Passionate about delivering superb customer experiences through pioneering technologies. Committed to building empowered and innovative teams.
• Discovery and innovation
• Lean product development
• Launching new products
• Building and managing teams
• Strategic leadership
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Algorithms and architecture
• Wearable technologies
• Media technologies
VP Software Engineering @ Oversee software development, quality assurance, and web operations. Responsible for all backend systems, Android and iPhone mobile applications, Mac and Windows desktop applications, our consumer web application, marketing web sites, and our online store.
At Basis, we have broken new ground for fitness trackers with automatic activity detection, advanced sleep analysis, and a system for helping people adopt healthy habits to achieve real behavioral change. From May 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor @ Advised the leading provider for eye tracking software and services for scientific research, market research, and usability testing from startup phase to steady state business. From January 1999 to Present (16 years 10 months) Greater San Diego AreaCTO @ Responsible for product management, software development, and web operations across two interrelated product lines: geospatial data and hosted mapping solutions. From October 2010 to January 2012 (1 year 4 months) Founder @ Designed and developed Mixtly, a service for personal, mobile, and ephemeral communication networks. Mixtly combined real-time communication and location services to help users coordinate their real-world group activities. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Founder and General Manager @ Founded and operated a boutique winery in Napa, California. Responsible for overall management and product development. Improved Wine Spectator ratings from 87 to 95 over four years. From 2003 to 2007 (4 years) Vice President of Technology Architecture, Corporate Technology @ Responsible for identifying, selecting, and developing strategic technology opportunities within and across corporate divisions (primarily AOL and Warner Music Group). Led internal and external technology initiatives, from system architecture to multinational business relationships. From 2000 to 2003 (3 years) Senior Director, Strategic Analysis @ Formulated strategy, developed intellectual property, and prototyped new services; developed internal solutions for improving development practices; served as technology lead for various partnerships, acquisitions, and company integrations; led engineering and product teams for next generation software applications. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Founder and President @ Developed cross-platform technology for photorealistic 3D renderings of architectural spaces. From 1993 to 1996 (3 years) Manager, Software Engineering @ Managed software development for leading professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering applications on PC and Mac. From 1991 to 1993 (2 years)
BA @ Harvard University From 1987 to 1991 John Marshall is skilled in: Product Development, Leadership, User Experience, Product Management, Strategic Partnerships, Start-ups, PHP, CSS, Linux, PostgreSQL, SQL, Agile Methodologies, Web Applications, Apache, Software Engineering, Mobile Devices, Software Development