Sam Mcewan is a seasoned technology leader with 13 years of experience building retail, mobile and payments products and currently serving as Head of Product Engineering at Halter. He has progressed from hands-on iOS engineering and mobile leadership to senior management and director roles at Vend and Lightspeed, consistently delivering customer-facing commerce and services platforms. Sam blends product-focused engineering with team coaching, scaling cross-functional teams to solve hard problems and ship reliable solutions. Based in Auckland, he pairs a BCom/BSc in Information Systems and Computer Science with deep institutional knowledge of POS and retail ecosystems. Notably, his career reflects an uncommon mix of startup ownership and enterprise delivery—moving between founding DrizzledApps and leading engineering at high-growth SaaS companies. He’s passionate about turning complex product requirements into pragmatic engineering outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Senior College
BCom/BSc Information Systems Computer Science, BCom/BSc Information Systems Computer Science at University of Auckland
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Sam Mcewan - Head Of Product Engineering at Halter