Trae Cadenhead

Led a team of 6 engineers and successfully doubled the team size within six months. Increased team velocity by 300% by the end of 2024. Led the re-architecture of the primary product, Work in Place, which was key in doubling company growth in 2024.

Managed a Product Engineering team of 8 engineers, ranging from Mid-level to Staff-level. Re-organized the team into 3 pods and integrated team members from other parts of the company to form a cross-functional team, increasing sprint productivity by 40%. Established a strategy for integrating weekly security vulnerability testing into the release process.

Grew the Engineering department from 1 struggling team to 5 thriving agile teams with 25 Engineers, Data Scientists, and QA. Led the Engineering department to design, develop, test, and launch medication management products on time and under budget, achieving a 40% reduction in the overall development cycle time and 160% increase in product development output in 2023. Created and led the Data Scie

Championed and led efforts to align the Engineering teams with healthy SCRUM practices. Quickly up-skilled on older technology platforms to deliver value.

Led an agile team as the primary backend engineer on a cross-discipline, cross-continent feature team. Built strategic SMS and video integrations with Medici’s in-house secure health chat application, meeting deadlines and budget constraints. Planned new product direction with the CTO and broke down work to deliver sprints with 90+% predictability.

Helped lead a small team doing iterative work to improve scalability in Inventory and Cash Management applications. Led effort to convert the Inventory application to a relational database.

Led a team of remote developers located in Kenya and Nigeria, providing guidance and leadership in building out new designs and functionality for iOS, Android, and Web. Helped form the core of the Mobiliti engineering team, playing a foundational role in the buildout of everything from core values to work process to deployment system. Built a data pipeline with Python and AWS Lambdas for automatic

Architected and built The Giving Booth application and integrated with Delta Zeta to run their Heart for Hearing program. This program raised $5 million for hearing-related programs worldwide.

Led a team of developers in building out customer projects on top of a custom CMS.

Contributed to various web development projects, gaining experience in different aspects of the development lifecycle. Collaborated with senior developers to implement new features and maintain existing systems.

Developed and maintained web applications for various clients. Assisted in the design and implementation of user interfaces and backend functionalities.

Graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Studies. The program focused on various aspects of digital media, preparing for a career in technology and related fields.