Summary
Jason Desiderio is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building and scaling full-stack JavaScript products and teams from Austin, Texas. As Co-Founder of Place To Stand Agency and owner of The Good for Nothings Club, he blends product intuition with hands-on system architecture and performance profiling to drive measurable business outcomes. Previously he grew multi-team orgs at Squarespace—coaching nearly 30 engineers, enabling 18 promotions, and shipping product changes that materially increased subscriptions and monetization—and led rapid expansion efforts at Dutchie and ZX Ventures. He prioritizes people-first leadership, continuous improvement, and pragmatic roadmaps that balance delivery, tech debt, and cross-team alignment. A former recording studio designer and recording engineer, he brings uncommon systems thinking informed by both creative and technical disciplines.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Sweet Home High School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sound Recording Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sound Recording Technology at State University of New York at Fredonia
English