Eric Garside is a seasoned technology leader and VP of Technology in New York with 15+ years building direct-to-consumer ecommerce platforms, business intelligence systems, and enterprise software. He has led and scaled engineering organizations to national, 24/7 operations—most notably helping Freshly through acquisition readiness and growing engineering to 60+ people with industry-leading retention. Eric pairs hands-on engineering (from frontend rebuilds to open source library contributions) with fiscal ownership of multimillion-dollar platforms and pragmatic product-driven solutions like internal time-tracking to capitalize engineering effort. Comfortable moving between startups and high-growth businesses, he blends a philosophy background with a practical, detail-oriented approach and a dry, existential wit that surfaces in his GitHub bio.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy, Philosophy at University of Connecticut
Physics Philosophy, Physics Philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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