Summary
Shane Kalles is an operations and warehouse leader with 11 years of experience scaling fulfillment businesses and building high-performing teams across gaming, retail, and contract fulfillment. He has led teams of 90+ staff, managed inventories of hundreds of thousands of SKUs, and overseen major reorganizations, relocations, and union negotiations while keeping error rates below 1%. A pragmatic generalist, Shane blends process improvement, space and labor optimization, and clear documentation to turn rapid SKU and volume growth into repeatable operations. He pairs frontline supervision with people development, coaching staff through busy seasons and structural change to maintain safety and performance. Based in Seattle, he is now pursuing leadership roles where operational rigor and team empowerment drive long-term improvements. An early-career background in marketing and sales gives him a rare cross-functional perspective on customer-facing fulfillment challenges.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Shoreline Community College
Front End UX Design & Development, Front End UX Design & Development at Code Fellows
Whatcom Community College