Jeff Hansen

About Jeff Hansen

I loved college. I enjoyed learning—about everything—so much that I earned too many credits and went through 7 different majors before the college forced me to just pick one and graduate. Since then, I’ve turned my love of learning into a successful career leveraging emerging technology to help all kinds of businesses grow. Technology opened doors for me: right out of college, I helped to build a virtual laboratory for behavioral-based research at the University of Virginia, enabling researchers to conduct online studies of people for the first time. Because of my success with the virtual lab, I was recruited to join SingleStone, an IT consulting firm, as a junior programmer. I’ve been with SingleStone and WayPath (a SingleStone company) ever since, helping it grow from a small company with 25 people to 200+ employees across both companies today.Over the last 15+ years at SingleStone and WayPath, I have: Tripled productivity and team size in a 10-year period by implementing a hybrid Waterfall/Agile approach fitted to our needs and developed creative training strategies for junior talent. Delivered dozens of successful software and platform projects for clients. I\'ve never had a project fail. Enhanced security at SingleStone and Waypath by building a pathway to obtain SOC 2 certifications and leading initiatives such as simulated phishing testing. Founded WayPath\'s DE & I program by writing the program charter and roadmap, obtaining funding, bringing in consultants, and transitioning it to the HR function.While technology has opened doors for me, I never forget that technology is created by and for people. I focus on building genuine relationships with my clients and colleagues so that we can work together productively to leverage technology to meet business goals. I’m the kind of leader who doesn’t hesitate to go where I’m needed. In my personal life, I have become a baseball coach, Cubmaster, and board member at my kids’ schools in order to give them the best childhood experiences I can manage. Whether I’m leading a little league baseball team or my engineering team, I always emphasize three core values that are the keys to success. As a team, we need to build trust in each other. We also need to foster a secure environment where we can watch out for one another and feel comfortable to express ourselves. While I always hold my teams to a shared end goal, I try to give people flexibility in how we achieve that goal.

Experience

1. Solutions Architect

   SingleStone

   Apr 2025 — Present

Education

• Quantic School of Business and Technology

  Executive MBA

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA, Psychology