Paul Donlan
Principal COO at Mysticetus LLC
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Donlan is a seasoned product and engineering leader with over two decades of experience building and scaling software teams and operationally transforming products across industries from consumer services to maritime compliance. As Principal COO at Mysticetus he blends hands-on technical judgment with P&L and operations ownership, pivoting product positioning toward emergent markets like offshore wind while adding AI-driven IR camera services. His background includes driving large cross-functional programs at Microsoft—reducing Windows servicing costs, leading Zune content migrations—and running DevOps, automation, and cost optimization for Cyanogen. Paul is customer-obsessed and strategic, known for translating executive strategy into pragmatic roadmaps, rationalizing feedback into feature prioritization, and assembling “follow-the-sun” teams to accelerate delivery. He combines aerospace training with a knack for identifying pivotal acquisitions and infrastructure investments that measurably boost adoption. Outside work he has a playful curiosity—his GitHub bio quips that “cat juggling should be a professional sport”—hinting at a creative, lighthearted approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ToddLa/wombats.alpental.com
Jan 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:116 commits, 113 pushes in 2 years
PDonlan/smashtagpd
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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