Summary
Delaney Gillilan is a Senior Product Strategy Engineer with 11 years of software industry experience, currently shaping product and presales efforts at Synadia while also leading HTMX.org as CEO and founding EventGraph. He blends hands-on engineering chops from roles at Bally Technologies, EA, and multiple startups with strategic product leadership, specializing in translating customer requirements into actionable technical plans. Delaney has deep backend and full-stack experience, having served as Lead Research Engineer and Director of Technology on complex systems and integrations. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of product, sales, and engineering—bridging technical feasibility and market needs to drive adoption. Based in Las Vegas, he favors pragmatic solutions and rapid iteration, often moving between executive and implementation roles. A less obvious strength is his pattern of concurrently running technical leadership and founder-level responsibilities, demonstrating both operational grit and a founder’s appetite for product experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer