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Bryan

O'Connor.

Director of Technology leading the engineering behind growing software companies. Aligning technology investment with business outcomes.

Sixteen years across finance, aerospace, healthcare, and SaaS — as a founder, principal engineer, and architect. I set the direction, build the team, and modernize the systems companies outgrow.

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In tech
16 yrs
Currently
Founder & CEO
Sectors
Finance · Aero · Health
Based
SLC · Remote
Index / 01 ↓ LeadershipScrollv2.0 · 2026
[01]Leadership

I'm a Director of Technology. I set technical strategy, build the teams that deliver it, and modernize the systems growing companies outgrow — aligning every investment with the business outcome it drives.

Founder and engineering leader. I own technology strategy and architecture, develop engineers into leaders, and bring the technical judgment to make the hard calls with confidence.

[02]By the numbers

Impact, quantified.

Sixteen years of outcomes — not activity. The results behind the roles.

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Years in technology
$0M+
Daily transactions delivered
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Engineers led & mentored
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Faster release cycles
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Deployment success
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Client cost reduction
[03]Selected work

The evidence.

Every project carries the outcome it produced — and the engineering underneath it. I led both.

  • [001]SaaS · Consultancy
    2024 — Now

    MyBetterMe · Founder & CEO

    Multi-tenant SaaS platform

    / The work

    Architected a multi-tenant SaaS platform from the ground up to streamline client operations, then built and led the cross-functional team delivering it. Owned the technical roadmap, the cloud-native architecture, and the go-to-market alongside it.

    • Multi-tenant SaaS
    • Cloud-native
    • AWS · GCP
    • AI / Automation
    • CI/CD

    / Outcome

    • →Reduced client operating costs by ~20%
    • →Modernized legacy systems — ~30% scalability & performance gain
    • →Set product + technical roadmaps aligned to business goals
  • [002]Financial Services
    2019 — 2020

    Zions Bancorporation · Web Developer IV

    High-volume treasury platform

    / The work

    Built and tuned a treasury application processing $500M+ in daily transactions inside a strictly regulated banking environment. Worked across complex Oracle schemas and implemented enterprise auth and access control end to end.

    • Java
    • Liferay DXP
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Oracle
    • OAuth 2.0 · SAML · RBAC

    / Outcome

    • →Processing speed up ~50% on critical paths
    • →Operational overhead down ~25%
    • →Enterprise-grade security & regulatory compliance
  • [003]Aerospace · Fintech
    2021 — 2024

    Kin + Carta · Principal Software Engineer

    Enterprise platforms + AWS delivery pipelines

    / The work

    Provided architectural leadership across concurrent enterprise engagements — including Blue Origin and Discover — directing large-scale platform development and designing the AWS CI/CD that shipped it. Integrated AI-powered analytics into client decision workflows.

    • React
    • Redux
    • TypeScript
    • Node.js
    • Python
    • .NET
    • AWS
    • GraphQL

    / Outcome

    • →Release cycles down ~40% at 99.9% deployment success
    • →Mentored 12 engineers — ~25% team productivity gain
    • →Gold Stevie Award–winning project
  • [004]Enterprise Infrastructure
    2018 — 2019

    Cisco · Software Engineer III

    Oracle → NoSQL migration + microservices

    / The work

    Migrated legacy Oracle applications to a NoSQL data layer and re-architected them as microservices for scalability and resilience. Delivered two enterprise systems ahead of schedule.

    • Python
    • Node.js
    • Angular
    • NoSQL
    • Microservices

    / Outcome

    • →Query performance up ~30%
    • →Delivered ahead of schedule at lower infrastructure cost
    • →Improved scalability & system resilience
  • [005]Smart Home
    2020 — 2021

    Vivint · Web Developer (Contract)

    Customer-facing My Account platform

    / The work

    Led design and optimization of the customer-facing My Account platform across a React/Vue/.NET stack, and hardened backend reliability through refined CI/CD and monitoring.

    • React
    • Vue
    • TypeScript
    • Node.js
    • .NET
    • REST

    / Outcome

    • →API response times up ~35%
    • →Improved backend reliability & release confidence
    • →Smoother end-to-end customer experience
  • [006]E-commerce
    2018

    Ascential · Senior Web Developer (Contract)

    High-traffic e-commerce platform on AWS

    / The work

    Designed and deployed an AWS-based e-commerce platform engineered to absorb peak-sales load, then tuned infrastructure and front-end performance for retention.

    • AWS
    • Node.js
    • Angular
    • TypeScript

    / Outcome

    • →Sustained ~200% peak traffic growth without outages
    • →Page load times down ~40%
    • →Measurable retention improvement
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLExpressPostgreSQLMongoDBOracleCassandraRedisAWSGCPDockerKubernetesLiferay DXPVueAngularJavaPythonCI/CDReactTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLExpressPostgreSQLMongoDBOracleCassandraRedisAWSGCPDockerKubernetesLiferay DXPVueAngularJavaPythonCI/CD
[04]Capabilities

From strategy to delivery.

Four lanes. The same person runs all of them.

[001]01 / 04

Set the direction

Technology strategy and roadmapping, system architecture, and the enterprise modernization that aligns technology spend with business outcomes. Deciding what to build, and what to retire.

  • Strategy
  • Roadmapping
  • Architecture
  • Modernization
[002]02 / 04

Build the team

Hiring, mentoring 12+ engineers and developing them into leaders, and running cross-functional delivery across the full lifecycle. Budget, vendor, and stakeholder management included.

  • Hiring
  • Mentoring
  • Delivery
  • Agile
[003]03 / 04

Own the architecture

Deep technical grounding across the modern stack — React, TypeScript, Node.js, and scalable APIs on Postgres, Mongo, and Oracle. I set the architecture, the standards, and the technical bar the team builds to.

  • Architecture
  • Scalable systems
  • API design
  • Tech standards
[004]04 / 04

Run it in production

Cloud-native architecture (AWS, GCP, CI/CD) in high-trust environments — finance, aerospace, healthcare. OAuth 2.0, SAML, RBAC, compliance. Observability over hope.

  • AWS · GCP
  • CI/CD
  • OAuth 2.0 · SAML
  • Compliance
[05]Ship log · Last 12 months

Recent things
that went out the door.

A few snapshots — not exhaustive, just representative.

  1. 2026.04
    WRITING

    Becoming Agile — book release

    Published a short field guide for developers on adapting to fast-moving careers without burning out.

  2. 2026.02
    SHIPPED

    Internal RAG agent for ops teams

    Designed and built a retrieval-augmented agent over internal runbooks. Reduced incident triage time by ~40%.

  3. 2025.11
    OPEN-SOURCE

    TypeScript pattern library refresh

    Updated personal pattern library — typed Result helpers, async queue primitives, retry/backoff utilities.

  4. 2025.08
    TALK

    "Boring is good" — internal eng all-hands

    Argued the case for boring tech in production. Two-pizza talk, lots of pushback, mostly accepted.

[06]Clients · Past lives

People I've delivered for.

Direct, sub-contract, or leading consultancy teams. Real product work — not just badges.

Blue OriginBlue Origin logo
DiscoverDiscover logo
CiscoCisco logo
ZionsZions logo
VivintVivint logo
DISHDISH logo
TrimbleTrimble logo
AlphagraphicsAlphagraphics logo
MDRTMDRT logo
TranontTranont logo
MatthewsMatthews logo
[07]Side project · 2025

Becoming Agile
— a survival guide for
careers in tech.

Two decades of mistakes, habits, and mental models compressed into a short no-nonsense book for developers and tech-adjacent professionals trying to keep up without burning out.

Buy on Amazon
Becoming Agile — book cover by Bryan O'Connor