Allan Deutsch is a product-minded founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building developer-focused SaaS/PaaS and consumer-facing products from ideation to incident-free releases. He combines hands-on full‑stack execution (Next.js/TypeScript, NFT/auction features, DevOps and smart contracts) with cross-discipline leadership in product, design, marketing, and legal to drive measurable business pivots and faster time-to-market. At Ikigai he led hiring, process improvements and a tech pivot that increased velocity fivefold and cut PR cycle time from days to under one, while overseeing 100% incident-free releases. A former Microsoft product manager focused on developer ecosystems and gaming, he’s comfortable translating complex technical constraints into clear product strategy and roadmaps. Now founding Doc Duck in Seattle, he brings an educator’s mindset—having taught and TA’d extensively—to empower teams and improve tools and processes. He’s known for proactively identifying high-impact problems and delivering across organizational boundaries rather than just owning a single domain.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Digipen Institute of Technology
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