Summary
Dan Rahmel is a hands-on Chief Technology Officer with 15 years of experience leading engineering teams and delivering production systems across startups and media tech companies in Los Angeles and California. He combines executive leadership with deep full-stack expertise—from Linux kernel, firmware and C/C++ to Python, Node, PHP frameworks, NoSQL and search systems like ElasticSearch, and data platforms including Hadoop and MongoDB. Known for managing onshore and offshore teams, he has repeatedly scaled organizations through hiring, project planning and operationalizing machine learning and network automation. His career spans senior engineering and leadership roles at Afterparty, Wander, Music Audience Exchange and Intuit, demonstrating a track record of moving from hands-on development to strategic CTO responsibilities. With a BA in Political Science and English Lit from UC San Diego, he brings a non-traditional, interdisciplinary perspective that informs pragmatic product and engineering choices. Not obviously expected from his academic background, he also has firmware and blockchain experience, highlighting a breadth across low-level systems and modern distributed technologies.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Spanish