John Fleetwood is an engineering manager with 10+ years of hands-on and leadership experience building cross-platform, scalable systems and revitalizing struggling teams into high-performing organizations. He blends servant leadership—focusing on career development and clear expectations—with technical stewardship, driving maintainable architectures, measurable KPIs, and pragmatic roadmaps. His background spans consumer product companies like Peloton and enterprise firms such as LG and IBM, where he’s led multiple full-stack teams, introduced Agile practices, and owned program-level initiatives from onboarding to incident management. He’s comfortable stepping into tactical engineering work (Node.js, performance tuning, automation) while coaching managers and engineers on long-term growth. Known for diagnosing leadership and process issues as root causes of team dysfunction, he specializes in turning those insights into sustainable cultural and technical improvements. Based in Downers Grove, Illinois, he pairs people-first management with a track record of delivering cross-functional programs and measurable operational uplift.
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John Fleetwood - Sr Engineering Manager at LG Electronics