Summary
George Liao is an executive technology leader with 13 years of experience scaling engineering organizations and building high-throughput distributed systems and data-driven products. He has led 50+ person teams across product engineering, data science, SRE and DevOps, driving KPIs like NPS, ARR, and gross margins through product-first engineering and strong cross-functional collaboration. George has taken products from 0-to-1—launching a retail media adtech platform at Walmart and guiding Sailthru through profitability and acquisition—while also advising startups and serving on boards. Technically fluent across cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), modern data stacks (Databricks, Snowflake), and both backend and frontend stacks, he pairs architecture-level thinking with people-first leadership. He’s particularly focused on engineering culture and organizational design, believing the best solutions sit at the intersection of people, business, and technology. Based in New York, he brings a track record of operational rigor in rapid-growth and M&A environments.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at Columbia University
Chinese, Spanish