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John Siegesmund

Executive software engineer specializing in enterprise SaaS and video game development

SyndigoUniversity of WisconsinBrookfield, WI39 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Veteran software engineer with an unusual path from founding a game development company and shipping dozens of games to rebuilding a B2B product data platform after bankruptcy reduced engineering to a two-person skeleton crew. Particularly strong in legacy modernization, data synchronization, enterprise UI/backend architecture, and customer-safe migrations where old and new systems must coexist in production.

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Key Strengths

  • led startup-style engineering rebuild after bankruptcy
  • drove large-scale legacy-to-new platform migration
  • designed dual-system coexistence with customer-by-customer cutover
  • ensured data integrity through service-bus-based synchronization
  • strong full-stack architecture across UI, backend services, and databases
  • built production UI frameworks and page layouts for enterprise product system
  • introduced microservice-style separation and service versioning
  • optimized SQL schemas for searchability and scale
  • deep B2B product data and publishing workflow expertise
  • early-career founder experience in game development
  • helped grow engineering team from 2 to 7-8 engineers
  • contributed to dozens of shipped video games

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Experience

Vice President of Engineering, Senior Software EngineerSyndigo · Jan 2019 – Apr 2026
Development Manager, Senior Software EngineerSyndigo · Jan 2012 – Jan 2019
Lead Developer and ProgrammerSyndigo · Jul 2009 – Jan 2012
Senior Software EngineerElectronic Arts · Sep 2003 – Jul 2009
Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer IIIElectronic Arts
Software EngineerNuFX, Inc. · Aug 1991 – Sep 2003
Owner, Software EngineerBanana Development, Inc. · May 1987 – Jul 1991

Education

University of Wisconsinbachelor, Computer Science

Languages

English

Certifications

Microsoft Certified, .NET Framework and WPF Development

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