Brian Mcmanus
Executive Chair at WatchMeGrow
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Mcmanus is an experienced technology and business executive who has scaled companies across internet, telecommunications, and enterprise software for three decades. As former CEO of Lighthouse he grew revenues from $7M to $275M and now serves as Executive Chair of WatchMeGrow while advising early-stage tech CEOs. He blends legal and business training (JD/MBA) with operator instincts, having driven partner ecosystems and product-led client experience improvements at Infospace and other firms. Hands-on engineering contributions to open-source payment SDKs (Authorize.Net samples and .NET SDK) reveal a practical developer mindset beneath his boardroom role. Based in Seattle, he combines strategic M&A and board governance experience with a history of operational turnaround and product-focused growth. His uncommon mix of law, finance, engineering, and executive leadership makes him effective at aligning technology, customers, and capital.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
JD/MBA Law and Business, JD/MBA Law and Business at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Finance and Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS Finance and Economics at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (19)
apim10
apidoc10
testing10
net10
authorize10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
java10
asp-net10
javas10
php10
api10
sdk10
payment-processing10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
AuthorizeNet/sdk-dotnet
Dec 2013 - Jul 2017
.Net SDK for Authorize.Net API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 releases, 62 commits, 36 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Brian contributed significantly to the project's backend by implementing and modifying core functionalities within the .NET SDK. Their commits include changes to request objects, customer gateway operations, and API schema files, indicating a focus on the API's underlying logic. Furthermore, the user wrote and maintained unit tests for core functionalities.
sdk-dotnetpayment-methodspayment-processingadyenc-sharp
AuthorizeNet/sample-code-php
Apr 2015 - Mar 2017
This repository contains working code samples which demonstrate php integration with the Authorize.Net API
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:75 commits, 28 PRs, 103 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on refactoring and renaming PHP files within the Authorize.Net PHP sample code repository. Their work involved renaming multiple files, including those related to Visa Checkout, subscriptions, customer profiles, and transaction reporting, to adopt a more consistent and descriptive naming convention. They also updated and renamed files, such as test-runner.php and those related to hosted customer profiles and fraud management, demonstrating an understanding of the API's functionality.
authorize-netapiphpauthorize
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