Brian Pickford
Engineering Manager, Product Engineering at REI
- Role
- Software Engineering Manager, Product Engineering - Rei Com at REI
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Pickford
As an Engineering Manager at REI, I lead multiple software development teams responsible for building innovative and scalable customer centric solutions across the REI.com ecosystem. I have over 15 years of experience in the software development industry delivering successful applications and project deliverables in Waterfall and Agile methodologies. I am experienced in hiring, mentoring, sourcing talent, and growing engineers as well as building highly functional teams.I am passionate, driven and highly motivated to deliver high quality products, work on strategic initiatives, and bring value to my organization. I promote a culture of excellence, ownership, innovation and collaboration. I highly enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams within my organization while supporting my talented and diverse group of engineers. A few key engineering areas I oversee at REI is our open source digital design system, blog, REI.com homepage, and our brand marketing landing pages.
Experience
Software Engineering Manager, Product Engineering - Rei Com
Jan 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Lead, support and grow a talented team of engineers focused on delivering scalable solutions across the REI.com ecosystem.• Manage a distributed team environment consisting of full time employees and contractors operating across various locations & timezones. • Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.• Build strong relationships with business partner teams to deliver innovative solutions that bring expertise to REI\'s digital experience.• Partner closely with Product Management and UX teams to meet business needs.• Oversee engineering financial management including planning, budgeting, forecasting of projects, resources and tools.• Oversee training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and make effective staffing decisions.• Provide coaching, direction and leadership support to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
Education
University of Washington
Bachelor's degree, Geographic Information Systems
2002 — 2004
Bellevue College
Network Services & Computing Systems, Information Technology
2000 — 2002
Bellevue College Continuing Education
Certificate, Project Management
2018 — 2019
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