Chris Lopresto
Senior Director Of Engineering at Betterment
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChris Lopresto is a Senior Director of Engineering with 13 years of experience accelerating product delivery and maturing front-end engineering practices at companies from startups to large financial firms. He has led teams of up to 80 engineers and 12 designers to launch responsive products, design systems, accessibility improvements, and rapid rebrands—often turning strategic pivots into shipping outcomes within weeks. A former founder and CTO, he scaled consumer and B2B2C products (including a 50k-user launch) and has driven technical diligence that led to acquisitions. He’s an active front-end practitioner and open-source contributor, notably improving Ember modal dialog UX and integrations, and he pairs hands-on component work with organizational coaching and hiring process overhaul. Based in New York, Chris blends musical creativity (formally trained in jazz piano) with a pragmatic engineering leadership style that favors rapid learning and measurable team growth.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Rutgers University
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
ui-components10
emberjs10
front-end-development10
mysql9
windows9
ruby-on-rails9
html8
css7
jasmine6
sql-like6
simpleform6
jekyll6
sql6
koala6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
yapplabs/ember-modal-dialog
Mar 2015 - May 2016
An ember-cli addon for implementing modal dialogs
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 34 PRs, 105 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `ember-modal-dialog` addon. Their work involved modifying and enhancing the UI components, including the creation of new examples and features. They also focused on integrating with other libraries like `ember-tether`, updating the code to support newer Ember versions and improving the overall user experience.
ember-cliember-addonmodaldialogsember
chrislopresto/betterment-rebranding-bonanza
Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 82 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 5 months
railsfront-endbettermentswapping
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