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    Travis Donia

    Developer Experience @ Pinecone

    Travis Donia is an experienced engineering leader currently serving as the Director of Engineering at Pinecone, a company specializing in vector databases. Based in Brooklyn, New York, he has over 15 years of experience building products, platforms, and engineering teams. Prior to joining Pinecone in 2023, Donia held senior roles at various organizations:

    • Shopify (2020–2023): Senior Development Manager for the Developer Platform team, where he grew the team to 80 engineers and led initiatives such as third-party developer tools and data protection.
    • Clarivate (2017–2020): Vice President of Engineering, overseeing a $80M/year SaaS product portfolio and leading a 120-engineer team through post-acquisition integration.
    • Context Matters (2013–2017): Chief Technology Officer, scaling the company from prototype to market leader before its acquisition.
    • Daily Voice (2010–2012): Director of Technology, managing development for web and mobile platforms.

    Donia is also a contributor to “97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know” by O’Reilly Media and holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. He actively shares insights on engineering leadership and developer experience through events like "Geeks Who Lead" and his LinkedIn profile.1234

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    Apr 17 · lu.ma
    Geeks Who Lead (NYC): Travis Donia, Director of Engineering at ...
    Geeks Who Lead (NYC): Travis Donia, Director of Engineering at ...
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    Brooklyn, New York, United States