Bennett Kolasinski
Software Engineering Manager at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
- Role
- Software Engineering Manager at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bennett Kolasinski
I’m a team leader and seasoned developer who has shipped many popular, award-winning mobile apps and websites. I thrive in working across multidisciplinary teams to ensure that what gets built makes everybody happy.
Experience
Software Engineering Manager
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Jun 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Managed and mentored a high-performing team of mobile and web developers responsible for Fender\'s digital products, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.Established and led the mobile team for Fender Play, Fender\'s online learning platform that offers guitar, bass, and ukulele lessons for players of all skill levels. Oversaw both in-house and external developers to deliver features in React Native as well as Swift/Kotlin.Worked closely with our in-house Platform team to develop services to power our ecosystem of apps using AWS Lambda and off-the-shelf SAAS providers.Took an active role in shaping the product roadmap, collaborating directly with VPs to prioritize development efforts and ensure alignment with business objectives.Spearheaded internal R&D initiatives, including the development of AI-based projects such as a listening engine. Developed web-based prototypes using React and Typescript.Managed the development of Fender Tune, a widely-used iOS and Android instrument tuner and practice app with millions of installs, optimizing its performance and user experience to meet the needs of musicians worldwide.Directed the development efforts for Fender Songs, an innovative app that automatically generated synchronized chords for users to play along with any song in their music library, enhancing the app\'s functionality and user engagement.Instrumental in driving continuous improvement initiatives, implementing best practices, and fostering a culture of learning and growth within the engineering team.
Education
Tufts University
BS, Computer Science, Child Development
New York University
Master's, Music Technology
2005 — 2007
Skills
- Bdd
- Music Information Retrieval
- Api Development
- Jquery
- Css
- Git
- Objective-C
- Swift
- Test Driven Development
- Wordpress
- Php
- Software Design
- Javascript
- Ios Development
- Postgresql
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- Mysql
- Matlab
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