Greg Heidorn
Oak Lawn
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Technology Officer
Cars Commerce
Chicago
06.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: www.carscommerce.inc/
- The CTO role oversees a $75M+ technology budget supporting $700M+ revenue.
- Evolving Technology and Engineering organization of 250+ covering Web, Mobile, Data, Cloud, and Security Engineering functions. Previously, I also managed classic ITSM, ERP, and CRM functions.
- Integration of multiple acquisitions, both teams and technologies, to execute on a platform strategy.
- Drove leadership and talent exercises to improve skill and execution levels.
- Recent focus areas include examining Product Delivery, Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Operational Excellence, and AI adoption.
VP, Software Engineering
Cars Commerce
Chicago
01.2020 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: www.cars.com
- Led the evergreen development of new Cars.com applications and platform as part of a movement toward open source and cloud-native technologies over an 18- to 24-month plan.
- Transformation reduced overall technology costs by over $15 million (approximately 30%) and increased time to market for product engineering from deploying every few weeks to deploying daily, among other improvements.
- Built a new team of over 40 software engineers for implementing and operating a new technology stack.
Director, Software Engineering
Cars Commerce
Chicago
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: www.cars.com
- Advanced from Manager to Senior Manager to Director within 3 years through identifying engineering opportunities to improve system architecture and product effectiveness.
- Led multiple Product Engineering teams across Web and Mobile channels
- Led Architecture team focused on Frontend and Middleware technologies
- 2016 Cars.com Innovation Award Nominee
- 2016 Cars.com Functional Excellence Award Nominee
- 2016 TEGNA Innovator of the Year Finalist
SVP of Technology
SportsLock
Chicago
06.2014 - 02.2016
- SportsLock was a startup designed to compete with DraftKings and FanDuel through innovative mobile draft experiences -- with both public and private tournament capabilities
- Technology Employee #1 hired to drive Engineering and Architecture standards
- Built out 12+ Developer team across Web, Mobile, Data, Cloud, and QA and leveraged the Microsoft C# and Azure technology stack
- Designed focal point 'Draft with Friends' gamified app experience with real-time web socket interaction, cross-platform (iOS, Android, Web)
- SportsLock app reached 30,000 MAUs after 12 months
Enterprise Architect
Cars.com
Chicago
09.2011 - 06.2014
- Led Architecture team focused on Frontend and Middleware technologies
- 2016 Cars.com Innovation Award Nominee
- 2016 Cars.com Functional Excellence Award Nominee.
- 2016 TEGNA Innovator of the Year Finalist
- https://www.tegna.com/tegnas-annual-employee-awards-recognize-top-employees-campaigns-and-unsung-heroes/
Senior Consultant - Communication Systems Services
HSBC
Chicago
03.2001 - 09.2011
- Ten-year career as an individual contributor at HSBC, where I earned three promotions from analyst to senior analyst, then to consultant, and senior consultant.
- Optimized Java applications and messaging middleware to improve financial applications across business units in the UK, Vancouver, and Hong Kong.
- Worked on IBM Portal Applications to build out the OneHSBC Customer Account ecosystem that would later fan out to a global service.
- Built consumer websites that supported a variety of private label credit cards.
Developer
Lante Corporation
Chicago
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Developer role focused on building web applications using JavaScript and Java with IBM and Oracle tools.
Education
M.S. - E-Commerce Technology
DePaul University
01.2006
B.S. - Computer Information Systems
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
01.1999
Skills
- Software development
- Platform engineering
- Enterprise architecture
- Cloud architecture
- DevOps implementation
- Data Engineering
- Machine Learning and Data Science
- AI integration
- Cybersecurity strategy
- Budget management
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Vendor management
- Regulatory compliance
- Process optimization
- Client relationship management
- Strategic planning
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Chief Technology Officer
Cars Commerce
06.2021 - Current
VP, Software Engineering
Cars Commerce
01.2020 - 06.2021
Director, Software Engineering
Cars Commerce
01.2016 - 01.2020
SVP of Technology
SportsLock
06.2014 - 02.2016
Enterprise Architect
Cars.com
09.2011 - 06.2014
Senior Consultant - Communication Systems Services
HSBC
03.2001 - 09.2011
Developer
Lante Corporation
01.1999 - 01.2001
M.S. - E-Commerce Technology
DePaul University
B.S. - Computer Information Systems
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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