Mark Roddy

About Mark Roddy

As a Fractional VP of Engineering, I help early-stage startups ship product faster, amplify their teams, and scale smarter, with results delivered in weeks. Rather than the months it would take to recruit and ramp up a full time engineering leader.I work with founders who know their engineering team should be moving faster—but aren’t sure why things feel stuck. Sometimes it’s unclear priorities. Sometimes it\'s a capable team without enough structure or support. And sometimes it’s a promising CTO who needs a partner to grow into their role.I step in quickly to stabilize execution, increase visibility, and make sure engineering effort is aligned with product and business goals. That might look like:Helping a CTO prioritize and communicate like a VPBuilding lightweight processes that unlock team velocityFixing mis-hires or avoiding them in the first placeCreating clarity across product, design, and engineeringI act as a cross between operator, coach, and translator—working behind the scenes to get your team unstuck and moving again, while you stay focused on growing the business.Want to talk through what’s going on with your team? Book a call today: https://calendly.com/mark-roddy/factional-vp-of-eng

Experience

1. Fractional VP of Engineering

   Launchit Ai

   May 2020 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   When critical engineering problems can’t wait for a full-time hire…As a Fractional VPE, I partner with AI and data startups to get teams moving faster, improve product quality, and strengthen engineering leadership, buying time to make the right long-term hire.My work often includes:* Helping founders bridge the gap between product vision and engineering execution* Coaching and leveling up technical leaders, managers, and senior ICs* Streamlining engineering processes to ship faster and with fewer issues* Advising on AI product strategy, technical architecture, and scaling decisionsThe result: startups ship product more reliably, teams operate with more clarity, and CEOs regain confidence that progress won’t stall while the company grows into its next phase.

Education

• Rutgers University

  BS, Computer Science

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Amazon Ec2
• Apache Pig
• Jazz Clarinet
• Memes
• Hadoop
• Oop
• Emacs
• Object Oriented Design
• Unit Testing
• Design Patterns
• Agile Methodologies
• Linux
• Software Engineering
• Continuous Delivery
• Chef
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Software Development
• Python
• Devops
• Mapreduce
• Shell Scripting