Lisa van Gelder

Lisa van Gelder is a highly experienced engineering leader, executive, and technical partner with a proven track record in building and scaling engineering organizations.

With a strong focus on technical strategy and leadership, Lisa collaborates closely with product and business leaders to ensure alignment between technical initiatives and overall business objectives.

She is passionate about debugging both systems and teams, aiming to remove obstacles that hinder engineering execution and fostering environments where engineers can thrive and excel at their roles.

Lisa's expertise includes technical strategy and leadership, engineering management, debugging teams, and public speaking, as showcased in her talks such as the one available at https://youtu.be/HcB7IeUClEk.

Her academic background includes an MA in English and a BA in English Language and Literature, both from The University of Manchester.

Throughout her career, Lisa has held key leadership positions at various prominent organizations including VP of Engineering at Avvir, SVP Engineering (CTO) at Spring Health, VP Engineering at Meetup, and Senior Vice President of Technology (CTO) at Bauer Xcel Media among others.