Wendell Yamada
Technical Project Lead | Bridging Engineering & Business Strategy
- Role
- Technical Project Lead at Ideaflow Inc
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Wendell Yamada
I speak both engineering and business, and I help the two work together.After six years in software development, early experience managing construction projects, and time on the creative side in marketing, product positioning, and advertising, I\'ve learned that the friction between technical and non-technical teams isn\'t about hostility. It\'s about different languages, different priorities, different ways of seeing risk and progress. Someone has to bridge that gap. Someone has to know how to move people.That\'s where I work best: building the systems and communication patterns that help teams move together instead of past each other. I\'ve taken ownership of stalled projects and turned them into opportunities. I spot the patterns that create drag, and I know how to fix them.
Experience
Technical Project Lead
Nov 2020 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Took ownership of a stalled product with significant technical debt, legal exposure in its business model, and branding that couldn\'t be trademarked. Rebuilt it from the ground up and am currently leading it toward pilot launch.• Built the company\'s testing infrastructure from prototype through product launch, using TestCafe and other tools to establish reliable QA processes where none existed.• Contributed directly to the codebase in ReactJS while also managing issue tracking and coordinating priorities across the team.• Consulted on trademarks, intellectual property, and marketing strategy, helping shape how the company positions its products.
Education
Kapi‘olani Community College
Continuing Education, Intellectual Property Training for Legal Professionals
2010 — 2010
Kapi‘olani Community College
New Media Arts (Computer Modeling and Animation)
2014 — 2015
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
2001 — 2005
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Liberal Arts
1989 — 1993
Galvanize - San Francisco, SoMa
Full-Stack Web Development
2018 — 2018
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