Summary
Erica Byrd is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with nearly three decades of hands-on software engineering and systems development experience and a decade of executive leadership driving product roadmaps, cloud and mobile strategies, and AI initiatives. She has led globally distributed, 24/7 teams and scaled technology organizations across consultancies and product companies, including MTX Group where she held acting CEO responsibilities and led Google partnership and AI portfolios. Known for translating business priorities into operationally efficient engineering programs, she pairs deep technical fluency (from C++ systems to mobile and cloud platforms) with a proven track record in presales, revenue-driven product delivery, and partner ecosystems. Based in Norfolk, Virginia, Erica blends enterprise delivery discipline with startup agility as CTO of Limbik and CEO of Helix Technology Consulting, and she brings a pragmatic focus on rapid iteration to realize measurable ROI. An MIT Professional Education alum with roots in systems engineering for NASA and Symantec, she often surfaces non-obvious efficiencies by aligning legacy systems knowledge with modern cloud-native practices.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Clemson University
BS Computer Science w/ Math minor, BS Computer Science w/ Math minor at College of Charleston
MIT Professional Education