Collin Smith

About Collin Smith

I am an experienced engineering leader with a passion for building high-quality software products. With a strong background in technology and a focus on driving innovation, I have successfully led and managed cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding results. My expertise lies in driving product development, managing teams, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Engine

   Nov 2022 — Present

   Led the overall strategic direction and technological vision of 6 engineering teams comprised of 50 Engineers and 6 Engineering Managers• Successfully scaled up 3 engineering teams to develop a supply-side portal for our hotel advertising product, launching within a 6-month timeframe. This initiative eliminated manual processes for managing ad campaigns, resulting in a 78% reduction in billing issues and a 48% increase in ad campaign volume• Spearheaded implementation of subscription capability, enabling the swift development of a \'Travel Protection Plan\' which resulted in a 160% increase in customer spending share• Drove the initiative to build a robust payment service, laying the foundation for scalability and enabling Hotel Engine to swiftly integrate payment solutions into new products• Refined our technical design process, enhancing project reliability and delivery. This led to an increase in on-time project completion from 70% to 85%, and a significant reduction in defect rate from 20% to 5%

Education

• Colorado State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems

Skills

• Test Driven Development
• Postgresql
• Vb.net
• Css
• Sql
• Html
• Javascript
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Visual Basic
• Visual Studio
• Jquery
• Redux
• React.js
• Ruby on Rails
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• C++
• Ruby
• C#
• Rspec