David Annez is a seasoned product and engineering leader with 12 years of experience delivering cross-functional, outcome-driven software teams across consumer and product platforms. Currently SVP Engineering and Product at Sanity in London, he blends hands-on engineering (Ruby, JavaScript, Go, Clojure, Elixir, Python) with product strategy to prioritise performance, usability and business impact. He has held CTO and VP roles at fast-moving startups and travel tech (Beam, Lottie, loveholidays), scaling teams and shipping customer-facing systems. A generalist by training—educated in product design engineering—he pairs a founder’s commercial instincts (built and ran Frogbeats) with deep interest in web performance and design-developer collaboration. Notably, he prefers pragmatic solutions over tech-first choices and explicitly avoids recruitment or cold-sales outreach.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
AAAAB, English, Physics, Chemistry, French, Maths, AAAAB, English, Physics, Chemistry, French, Maths at The High School of Glasgow
Product Design Engineering, Physics, Maths, Art, Design, Product Design Engineering, Physics, Maths, Art, Design at University of Glasgow
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David Annez - SVP Engineering And Product at Sanity