John Cline is a software engineer and seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building consumer and enterprise web and mobile products for organizations from Google and eBay to MoMA and startups. He combines hands-on full‑stack experience (Go, Elixir, Rails, JS) with proven people and process leadership—hiring and scaling teams, improving dev workflows, and guiding SOC2 efforts and major cloud migrations. As a former founder and CTO who raised seed funding and led product, design, and engineering, he blends startup pragmatism with enterprise rigor. A US Air Force veteran with a CS BS and an MBA, he also mentors early-career engineers through NYC programs, helping students transition into internships and full‑time roles. Notably, he has driven high-impact projects like modernizing MoMA’s ticketing flow and leading Google Keep’s engineering organization serving 500M+ users.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Seattle University
Masters Business Administration, Masters Business Administration at W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
Contributions:39 commits, 6 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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