Chris Quinn
VP Of Engineering at Avaaz
Spain
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Top SchoolChris Quinn is a results-driven engineering leader with 11 years of experience building resilient, scalable systems and shifting teams from firefighting to operational confidence. As VP of Engineering at Avaaz, he supports global civic campaigns with secure infrastructure and a culture where engineering is a strategic partner. His background spans hands-on principal engineering and executive roles—from CTO at Landmrk to Director-level leadership at The Knot Worldwide—bridging platform reliability, organizational design, and product delivery. Known for turning ambiguous technical and organizational constraints into evolving, auditable systems, he combines a pragmatic engineering mindset with a focus on trust and conscious decision-making. Based in Spain, he brings a rare mix of startup grit and enterprise-scale operational discipline, with a track record of elevating teams into reliable engines for experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Publishing, BA (Hons), Publishing at Oxford Brookes University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (6)
meteor-blaze6
wordpress6
javascript6
meteor6
jam2
react1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
chrisquinnr/chonk
Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
chrisquinnr/chrisquinnr
Jul 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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