Summary
Joe Hainline is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with 13 years of experience building digital platforms, IoT, and enterprise IT at scale, currently leading Digital Products, IT and Cybersecurity for Alliance Laundry Systems globally. He has a strong product and R&D background—moving from hands-on agile iOS and embedded development at Boeing and Asynchrony to product leadership and go-to-market wins at WWT that delivered enterprise software to Fortune 20 customers. At Alliance he progressed from Director of Technology Innovation to VP and now CTO, focusing on connectivity, breakthrough R&D, new business models, and customer-facing digital platforms. He also co-founded Rookie Trading Cards, where he built a consumer-facing custom card creation and print application, showing an entrepreneurial streak alongside corporate leadership. His blend of technical depth (embedded, mobile, cloud) with an MBA informs pragmatic investment and organizational decisions that tie engineering to revenue outcomes. Based in Missouri, he pairs a curious interdisciplinary background—including study of classical music and theatre in London—with a track record of translating complex tech into tangible business value.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration, MBA Business Administration at Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
Theatre Classical Music, Theatre Classical Music at Imperial College London
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Truman State University