Dan Testa

About

Product executive with 10+ years leading teams that ship revenue-driving platforms across payments, AI/ML automation, mobile, and enterprise SaaS. Built and scaled products serving 8M+ users while delivering measurable business outcomes: AI-driven fraud reduction (97% accuracy), 40% decrease in chargebacks, 18% conversion lift, $250K+ annual savings. Experienced bridging technical execution with strategic vision—comfortable defining multi-year roadmaps and writing user stories. Track record of building high-performing teams, modernizing legacy systems, and driving cross-functional alignment in both high-growth startups and Fortune 50 enterprises.

Experience

• Head of Enterprise Applications · Toastmasters International03-01-2024 – 10-01-2024

  Toastmasters International is a well-known nonprofit educational organization that helps individuals improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills where I headed the technical organization and managed all internal and third-party development efforts. · Negotiated new contracts, lowering costs of financial services by over 50%, significantly impacting the organization's budget efficiency. · Spearheaded the integration of a new third-party contract for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, amplifying support for critical financial systems. · Streamlined operational processes by evaluating and decreasing unnecessary meetings, freeing up 25% of team resources for more productive work. · Oversaw the delivery of new features and enhancements for ERP, CRM, and content management systems, driving improved functionality and user satisfaction.

• Vice President Of Product and Engineering · Honeyfund.com, Inc.07-01-2022 – 12-01-2023

  Honeyfund is the first honeymoon marketplace gift registry. My role was to lead the 10-person product and engineering organization, streamline processes, and grow the team. Software stack included Laravel, PHP, React, AWS, SQL, ChatGPT, Copilot · Led the mobile and full stack product and engineering teams during a significant scaling phase post-pandemic, expanding team size and productivity. · Successfully filled key positions and backfilled long-vacant roles to deepen team efficiency. · Raised team velocity by 35% by offloading ineffective third-party resources. · Dropped annual engineering costs by 20% through budget optimization and resource management

• Senior Director Of Engineering · Outside09-01-2021 – 05-01-2022

  Outside Interactive, Inc., is the world’s leading outdoor-focused media and tech startup where I led a 25-person team consisting of iOS and Android native engineers (Swift and Kotlin), QA, Delivery, a Python/Django-based backend group, as well as React-based front-end web application engineers. · Successfully restructured and revitalized three internal teams, ensuring seamless operations and maintaining a 100% retention rate post-stabilization. · Customized Agile delivery processes, cutting delivery times by 50% and diminishing costs. · Enhanced team dynamics and cohesion in a post-acquisition environment.

• Director of Mobile App Development · Charter Communications10-01-2017 – 05-01-2021

  Charter Communications is a Fortune 50 telecommunication company where I led a 45-person team that built and maintained support applications for the Spectrum Mobile phone service. Applications built with, Xamarin, C#, Angular, GraphQL · Built high-performing internal development teams for web, iOS and Android native applications, saving $1.7M by lowering third-party reliance and achieving a <5% attrition rate. · Delivered a new mobile application, serving over 8 million users, while maintaining a 4.8-star rating on the app stores · Improved software development lifecycle processes, streamlining release timelines by 30%.

• Principal Cloud Architect · Travelport10-01-2013 – 09-01-2017

  Travelport is a top global provider of travel search, pricing, and hospitality technology. As Principal Cloud Architect I focused on the design, scope, engineering, and delivery of cloud solutions. Azure, AWS, GCP, and Bluemix · Developed enterprise cloud strategies, consolidating over 182 web applications into one streamlined solution. · Augmented cloud capabilities, accelerating application delivery speed by 25% and slashing page load times by 92% through the implementation of Akamai edge caching. · Fostered key infrastructure vendor relationships to optimize performance and reliability.

Education

• University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Music, Music Performance

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