Jim Turpin

Profile

Forward-thinking engineering leader with prolific experience growing teams, building first-to-market products, and cementing operational efficiency as a bedrock of successful software organizations. Robust technical skillset balanced by deep knowledge of Scrum and Agile processes and empathetic, people-first decision-making.

Experience

Allumia

Seattle, WA (Remote)

Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Spearheaded the technology vision and strategy leading to a 40% year over year growth.
  • Drove the development and launch of 4 groundbreaking products/features, significantly enhancing the company's competitive edge and customer satisfaction.
  • Architected a robust, scalable IoT product and infrastructure that supported a 60% growth in customer base and 130% increase in data volume, ensuring high performance and reliability.
  • Built and led a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement that increased team productivity by 23%.
  • Successfully managed negotiations with multiple investors for a positive transaction.
  • Negotiated strategic partnerships with key vendors, enhancing service capabilities and reducing costs by 35%.
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Product Development
  • Business Development
  • M&A
  • Cybersecurity
  • IoT

Uplight

Boulder, CO

VP, Engineering

2018 - 2022

  • Strategically led the integration of 6 acquired companies, achieving a 96% retention rate of key talent, expanding the engineering team from 25 to 300+, and fostered a culture of empowerment as evidenced by positive staff survey metrics.
  • Orchestrated a unified cybersecurity framework across 6 legacy companies, leading a successful completion of SOC2 audits and initiating a company-wide SOC2 compliance effort, significantly mitigating risk and enhancing market trust.
  • Cultivated a high-performing Scrum leadership team, optimizing the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and enhancing quarterly planning processes, resulting in more efficient project timelines and improved team productivity.
  • Managed a $15M annual technology budget, strategically optimizing costs while investing in critical areas such as infrastructure, resulting in a 30% reduction while enhancing system capabilities and performance.
  • Revolutionized the hiring process by incorporating candidate feedback, both positive and negative, leading to improved company reputation and a more candidate-centric recruitment experience.
  • M&A
  • SOC2
  • Cybersecurity
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Planning
  • Mentoring

LogRhythm

Boulder, CO

Senior Manager, Software Development

2017 - 2018

  • Spearheaded the strategic migration of the flagship on-prem SIEM offering to a cloud-based solution, overseeing the hiring and direction of a specialized engineering team to develop a robust SaaS infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, culminating in a successful SOC 2 Type II certification.
  • Championed Agile transformation for a 200-member R&D team, enhancing deliverable predictability, accelerating project velocity, and establishing key performance metrics to monitor release health and efficiency.
  • Strategically managed the software and vendor budget for the R&D department, optimizing resource allocation to maximize innovation and operational efficiency.
  • Directed a comprehensive overhaul of the CI infrastructure, transitioning to a Kubernetes/Jenkins-based system, facilitating a flexible on-prem and cloud environment while significantly reducing human error and improving deployment processes.
  • Agile
  • SOC2
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Planning
  • Planning
  • Cybersecurity

OpenWager

Boulder, CO

Director, Engineering

2015 - 2017

  • Directed a multinational engineering team of 22 professionals, personally overseeing the recruitment and formation of the Boulder engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration across borders.
  • Strategically analyzed and optimized infrastructure costs, implementing right-sized servers and auto-scaling solutions, achieving significant savings of $35k/month without compromising performance.
  • Led a comprehensive overhaul of the configuration management infrastructure, transitioning from Salt to Ansible, which dramatically reduced client backend deployment time from three months to one hour, enhancing client satisfaction and operational agility.
  • Orchestrated the seamless migration of aging on-prem infrastructure to a private AWS cloud environment, ensuring zero downtime and maintaining business continuity during the critical transition phase.
  • AWS
  • Ansible
  • High Availability
  • Hiring
  • Team Building

Simple Energy

Boulder, CO

Director, Engineering

2013 - 2015

  • Strategically expanded and led a team of 6 operations engineers, playing a pivotal role in scaling the firm's engineering workforce from 5 to 30, through effective recruitment and talent development strategies.
  • Dramatically improved client setup time from 9 months to under 4 hours by automating customer launch steps, significantly enhancing client satisfaction and operational efficiency.
  • Engineered a scalable infrastructure solution, expanding from 20 to over 700 servers, to meet the growing demand for development environments, ensuring rapid, flexible provisioning.
  • Redesigned the network architecture and upgraded to custom hardware, achieving a 20-fold increase in performance, and significantly enhancing system reliability and user experience.
  • Revolutionized the deployment process by implementing infrastructure-as-code and custom scripting, streamlining operations, and reducing deployment times, ensuring agility and reliability.
  • Developed and managed a comprehensive monitoring and notification system using PagerDuty, enhancing system reliability and proactive issue resolution.
  • Agile
  • Puppet
  • DevOps
  • Hiring
  • Infrastructure Design

Applied Trust

Boulder, CO

Senior Engineer

2007 - 2013

  • Pioneered the evaluation and implementation of cutting-edge technologies, including large-scale log management and petabyte storage solutions, driving operational efficiency and future-proofing infrastructure.
  • Led high-touch consulting projects across diverse sectors including healthcare, government, and finance, driving client satisfaction through tailored solutions, budget adherence, and strategic project leadership.
  • Conducted comprehensive reviews of client infrastructures, delivering best practice advisories, and developing strategic short-term and long-term plans to enhance system reliability and performance.
  • Expertly designed, configured, and maintained complex environments, ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Performed rigorous security and performance assessments in line with HIPAA, PCI, SCADA, and other regulatory standards, significantly enhancing system compliance and data integrity.
  • Consulting
  • Cybersecurity
  • Compliance
  • Infrastructure
  • Hiring

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business

University of Northern Colorado

2000 - 2004

Specialised in Computer Information Systems
photo of me
  • jim@jimturpin.com
  • jimturpin.com
  • Colorado, USA

Skills

    • Management
    • Leadership
    • Business Development
    • Product Development
    • Hiring
    • Mentoring
    • Planning
    • Agile
      Security
    • Network Security
    • Frameworks (NIST)
    • Awareness programs
    • Training
      Infrastructure
    • Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
    • IoT
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
      CI/CD
    • Terraform
    • Ansible
    • Puppet
    • Jenkins
    • github
      Compliance
    • SOC2
    • HIPAA
    • GDPR
    • CCPA

Interests

  • Flying
  • Triathlon
  • Travel
  • 3d Printing
  • Home Automation
  • DIY Projects