Summary
Alan Frew is an Engineering Manager based in Somerville, MA with over a decade of full-stack software experience spanning Microsoft and open-source stacks, including C#, .NET, Python, React, and Postgres. He leads small teams to build risk, compliance, and automation systems—most recently managing a five-person team at Capital One and previously architecting hands-free freight brokerage automation at XPO Logistics. Comfortable switching between enterprise and startup contexts, he pairs hands-on coding with architectural thinking from roles at Facebook, Calibrate, and Vistaprint. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he has a track record of turning complex business rules into reliable, production-grade services and UIs. Trained in economics at UMass Amherst, he brings a data-informed perspective to product and engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Economics Economics; Computer Science, Economics Economics; Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor's Degree Economics, Bachelor's Degree Economics at UMASS Amherst
English