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Christopher Halverson

Executive engineering leader specializing in SaaS, cloud platforms, and streaming media

PanoptoOld Dominion UniversitySeattle, WA22 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks Remote

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Engineering leader with experience rebuilding a 35-person organization after acquisition, spanning operations, QA, and multiple software teams. Combines hands-on technical judgment in areas like search, AI chatbot integration, and AWS operations with strong organizational leadership, including process modernization, quality embedding, and customer-feedback-driven AI product improvement.

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Key Strengths

  • Led a 35-person engineering organization across operations, QA, and 3 software teams
  • Post-acquisition team rebuilding and process/tooling transformation
  • Improved team execution from frustrated and fractious to aligned on clear objectives
  • Maintained 4 nines uptime across a global AWS footprint
  • Built psychologically safe, transparent engineering culture
  • Strong people leadership through hiring and developing managers
  • Scaled QA and embedded quality engineers into delivery teams
  • Hands-on technical leadership in search architecture decisions
  • Disciplined use of POCs and rapid prototypes to evaluate technical investments
  • Experience integrating acquired AI/avatar product teams into mature engineering practices
  • Customer-feedback-driven improvement of AI product quality
  • Balanced speed and delivery risk through MVP scoping and pragmatic third-party integration choices

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Experience

VP of EngineeringPanopto · Mar 2023 – Dec 2025
VP of EngineeringNapster · Jul 2021 – Dec 2022
Director Engineering and Singapore Site LeadAutodesk · Aug 2019 – Jun 2021
Executive Director Engineering (after acquisition of ThisTech)Comcast · Aug 2015 – Jul 2018
Vice President EngineeringTHIS Technology Inc. · Jan 2014 – Aug 2015
Senior Engineering ManagerARRIS · Feb 2002 – Jan 2014

Education

Old Dominion Universitybachelor, Computer Science (1999)

Awards

  • Patent: Digital Ad Insertion for Video-On-Demand (US 20120030704)

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master

Publications

1 publication

Digital advertisingVideo-on-demandVideo streaming

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