Ata Bhatti

About Ata Bhatti

Proven engineering and business leader, with a strong track record in technology, product development, processes and operations. 20+ years of forging startups as a technology entrepreneur, developing and scaling teams to bring products to market.Expert at understanding complex systems, shaping teams and software life cycles to deliver customer-focused solutions.Business leader responsible for cross-functional strategic planning and long-range goal setting to meet growth and profitability targets.Process-oriented leader consistently able to create world class technology and process controls, resulting in increased customer satisfaction, quality and speed.Able to set business strategy and assure results through deep technical understanding, creativity, empathy, and attention to detail.

Experience

1. VP Engineering

   Premise

   Jan 2018 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Head of Engineering at AI/ML driven, B2B2C, crowdsourced data startup (Series E,$146m raised) backed by Valor, SocialCapital, Google Ventures and more. Grew team to 40+ engineers on 3 continents. Hired key leaders, revamped team structure and streamlined engineering processes. Established trajectory towards IPO- Launched iOS and Android native mobile apps (Swift, Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform on GCP microservices)- Launched B2B SaaS self-service and visualization portal (ReactJS, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL)- Integrated Crypto and AI/ML

Education

• Case Western Reserve University

  B.S., Computer Science

  1998

Skills

• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Start-Ups
• Agile Methodologies
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Leadership
• Web Services
• Java
• Business Intelligence
• Software Development
• Xml