John Townsend

John Townsend is an accomplished Software Engineering Leader with a wealth of experience working in various industries and environments such as consumer products, enterprise products, e-commerce products, packaged software, and devices.

With a strong focus on developing people and fostering highly functional teams, John excels in delivering critical business value and bringing new features and products to market through collaborative teamwork.

Having held leadership positions at reputable companies like Twitter, Uber, Shutterfly, Box, Groupon, and Adobe Systems, John has honed his expertise in Engineering Leadership, Technical Leadership, Product Development, Enterprise Software, Internet Software, SaaS, e-commerce, devices, API development, Agile Development, and Engineering Process Optimization.

John Townsend is a graduate from California State University - East Bay and has served in key leadership roles such as Director of Engineering at Rivian, Director Software Engineering at Box, and various Engineering Manager positions at prominent organizations like Uber, Twitter, Groupon, Lab126, Adobe Systems, and Shutterfly.

His passion for building and maintaining healthy organizations, along with a penchant for overcoming the challenges of leadership, underscores his dedication to delivering business value and driving teams towards success.