Jon Wagner
Founder at Redtail Studios
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Wagner is a seasoned technology founder and executive with 14+ years leading engineering teams and building production systems that apply simulation, optimization, and AI to real-world problems. He has scaled technical organizations from startup to acquisition, serving as CTO at Vivid Seats and Chief Architect/SVP of Engineering at eMoney, and has repeatedly turned operational complexity into engineered, data-driven decisions. Jon blends systems engineering rigor with product-focused leadership—assembling cross-disciplinary teams in data science, operations research, and software to deliver measurable improvements in speed, predictability, and efficiency. Recently he’s been rebuilding his technical toolkit with a focus on simulation and optimization while launching a stealth startup, signaling a return to hands-on innovation. Based in Philadelphia, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with a long habit of mentoring and advising early-stage companies and boards. An unexpected strength: a background in opera performance that informs his collaborative leadership, discipline, and comfort with public vulnerability.
14 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at La Salle University
i can sing in italian and french.
Github Skills (62)
etw10
dotnet10
logger10
orm10
micro-orm10
sql10
orm-library10
logging10
csharp10
scalable10
database10
operations-research9
windows9
dotnet-core9
optimization9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jonwagner/EventSourceProxy
Mar 2013 - Aug 2022
EventSourceProxy (ESP) is the easiest way to add scalable Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) logging to your .NET program
Contributions:97 commits, 7 PRs, 15 pushes in 9 years 7 months
scalabledotnetwindowsloggertracing
jonwagner/PShould
Feb 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 6 months
powershellassertionassertion-libraryfluent
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