Entrepreneur + Product Builder
Hi there, I'm Chip. I build technology that supports people and their communities.
I help startups with technical leadership, product strategy, software architecture, and all the details in-between. I care about creating equity, access, and dignity and I like building products that do the same.
I specialize in:
Technical hiring + management, product roadmaps, product + design sprints, product + technical workflows
Software and platform architecture, marketplace strategy and engineering; web tool/workflow strategy and engineering
Software architecture, big data research, platform user analytics, data modeling
Stories + Guides
Projects + Engagements
Periodikal
Product Advisor + Interim CTO | SaaS Product Strategy, Wireframe Prototyping, Product Architecture, Technical Product Management
Parachute Health
Product Manager | Marketplace Product Strategy, Product Architecture, Technical Product Management
Tastemakers Africa
CTO | Marketplace Product Strategy, Product Architecture, Technical Product Management, Software Engineering, Data Science
Represent
Project | Software Engineering, Data Science, Congressional Research, Product Architecture
GoodWerk
Client Engagement | Product Architecture, Web Development, Social Community Engagement
Collectively
Founder, Director of Studio | Team Management, Product Architecture, Mission + Brand Consulting, Community Engagement
The AgTech-X Digital Community
Client Engagement | Project Management, Mission + Brand Consulting, Community Engagement
Justice for Kurds
Client Engagement | Product Management, Theatre Operations, Mission + Brand Consulting, Community Engagement
Media + Interviews
Resume
→ interim VP of product and engineering @ Stealth Startup 🤫
→ mentor @ Five One Labs 🇮🇶
→ mentor @ Gaza Sky Geeks 🇵🇸
→ advisor, interim chief technology officer @ Periodikal 🧮
→ advisor @ The Amalgamation 🪧
→ former product manager @ Parachute Health 🪂
→ former chief technology officer @ Tastemakers Africa 🌍
→ partner nyc open data week 2018 📈
→ speaker @ impact summit 2018 💡
→ founder and former director of studio @ Collectively 🚀
→ former lead software engineer @ Referrio 📝
→ B.S. computer science @ Case Western Reserve University 🎓
→ former software engineer @ Lean Dog 🐶
→ former paper boy @ The Patriot Ledger 🗞️
About Me
I've spent 8+ years as an entrepreneur, product builder, and software engineer with a passion of helping startups grow at the intersection of ideas, community, and democracy. I love building products and working with data that improves peoples’ lives.
In 2021, I worked at Parachute Health and had the privilege of working on and scaling their medical ordering platform for medical facilities, suppliers, manufacturers, and health systems, all to improve patient outcomes.
Pre-pandemic, I was CTO of Tastemakers Africa: a community platform centering Black experiences, Black voices, and Black stories across the world. It was the best startup I’ve had the opportunity to build with (and had the best founder I've had the opportunity to run a company with). We built a travel experiences marketplace at scale, created a global virtual community, and brought on fantastic investors - including Precursor Ventures and Flybridge Capital.
On the come up, I found my way in the startup world by founding and running a startup studio: Collectively. We brought on extraordinarily talented product designers and software engineers to work with startups, venture capitalists, and accelerators. We built digital products for some amazing mission-driven organizations and even ran discovery sprints for the NYC Mayor's Office. I’m most proud that we created a valuable community at the intersection of impact startups and product freelancers.
Outside of technologist-ing, I'm always (trying to be) training for my next marathon 👟, reading about politics 🇺🇸, and learning cooking from youtube 🍛.
As a product builder: I think the harder the problem, the better.
I care about clarifying + subdividing challenges, using + creating data ethically, and creating web products that make us all better. I'm a resourceful nerd who loves focusing on user journey and business goals.
As a product leader: I think a product is only as good as the team behind it.
I care about building products that bring communities together, building teams that challenge and inspire each other, and scaling up while holding true to mission. I'm a team builder and an empathetic leader.
As a human: I think the internet is a beautiful place, in moderation.
I care about civic engagement, solving systematic societal inequalities, and supporting organizations that work with those who need it most. I'm a critical optimist - never losing appreciation for a challenge, while channeling the innate difficulty into motivation.
Causes I Support
Credits
My avatar is from Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya from Nalo Studios (@nalostudios)
Notion Icons from NuttLabs