Keith Hackbarth is a seasoned engineering executive with over 20 years in technology and a 13-year track record in leadership roles, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Modern Animal in Los Angeles. He has led large, distributed teams and product portfolios—managing up to 70 engineers across mobile, parking, and autonomous-vehicle divisions—and has delivered data-rich, real-time systems used by partners like Google, Microsoft, and major automakers. A former CTO and founder, Keith blends startup grit (co-founding a widely adopted rental-application platform) with enterprise consulting experience at Deloitte and a Stanford graduate certificate in Management Science and Engineering. He’s skilled at scaling API-driven, data-as-a-service products and advising early-stage teams on architecture, HIPAA compliance, and hiring, quietly bridging product, data, and operational reliability.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Graduate Certificate Management Science and Engineering Computer Engineering, Graduate Certificate Management Science and Engineering Computer Engineering at Stanford University
Contributions:141 commits, 6 PRs, 44 pushes in 5 years 7 months
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Keith Hackbarth - VP Of Engineering at Modern Animal