Sam Schroeder is a Senior Engineering Manager with 18 years of experience leading product and engineering teams through high-growth and scaling phases, currently at CrowdStrike while advising startups as a fractional CTO. He blends entrepreneurial, hands-on leadership with strong operational rigor—implementing agile practices, regulatory and IP discipline, and cross-functional partnerships to sustain robust product pipelines. His background spans founding startups and leading engineering and hardware manufacturing at Unitrends, demonstrating comfort with both software and physical product constraints. Colleagues know him as a builder who fosters learning cultures that value experimentation and mutual trust, and who pairs strategic vision with the willingness to dive into technical detail. Based in Chapel Hill, he brings a pragmatic mix of product lifecycle mastery and advisory experience that helps organizations translate complex requirements into auditable, production-ready solutions.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Cornell College
Continuing Education in Computer Science, Continuing Education in Computer Science at Harvard Extension School
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Sam Schroeder - Senior Engineering Manager at CrowdStrike