Executive Software Engineering Director with Cloud Modernization

Evan Tatarzycki

Queen Creek, AZ • 602-***-**** • *********@*****.***

Executive Profile

Software Engineering Director with 20+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations, modernizing cloud architectures, and delivering measurable business outcomes. Proven track record improving DORA metrics, accelerating delivery velocity, reducing cloud costs, and developing strong engineering cultures across distributed teams. Expertise spanning SaaS platforms, cloud transformation, offshore/nearshore strategy, and organizational leadership. Core Leadership Strengths

• Engineering Organizational Transformation

• Cloud & Platform Modernization (AWS)

• High-Performance Team Development

• Offshore / Nearshore Strategy

• CI/CD & DevOps Acceleration

• Cost Optimization & ROI Delivery

• Cross-Functional Executive Collaboration

• Culture & Agile Centric Process Design

Professional Experience

Director of Software Engineering — Imagine Learning LLC 02/2025 – Present Technologies: .NET, Java, Spring, React, Kotlin, Micronaut, AWS

• Lead 8 full-stack feature teams and a centralized quality engineering team supporting 3 product lines.

• Driving strategic initiative to transition engineering capacity offshore & utilize AI dev tools to improve scalability and cost efficiency.

• Oversee predictable, continuous delivery of high-quality customer value across multiple platforms.

• Responsible for organizational performance, delivery health, and engineering maturity improvements.

Sr Manager, Software Engineering — Imagine Learning LLC 02/2022 – 02/2025 Technologies: React, Kotlin, Micronaut, AWS

• Led multiple cross-functional engineering teams delivering a flagship initiative recognized by the Board as “The Success of 2024.”

• Reduced feature delivery time by 80% through CI/CD and engineering process improvements.

• Reduced combined cloud and staffing costs by 75% versus comparable programs.

• Delivery outcomes enabled the sales organization to exceed targets by 200%.

• Designed and deployed a “Tiger Team” engineering culture adopted across the organization.

• Built and scaled ~60 engineers across 10 teams, coaching leaders and distributing talent organization-wide.

• Authored organizational engineering best-practices playbook covering demand management, cloud strategy, delivery processes, and culture.

• Established nearshore vendor partnerships and recruiting pipelines. Manager, Software Engineering — Imagine Learning LLC 02/2019 – 02/2022 Technologies: Angular, Groovy, Java, AWS

• Led two teams migrating a customer-facing LMS from on-prem data center to AWS cloud.

• Modernized technology stack while reducing maintenance costs by 50%.

• Improved platform scalability, reliability, and deployment frequency. Principal SW Engineer / Technical Leader — Glynlyon 02/2014 – 02/2019 Technologies: Angular, Groovy, Java, Linux

• Led architectural and team changes that stabilized the flagship LMS platform.

• Eliminated daily production outages, restoring customer confidence and retention. Earlier Career: Software Engineering Roles 1993 – 2014

• Progressive engineering roles across C++ and Java systems development. Education

B.A. Economics — University of California, San Diego M.A. History — University of Akron

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