Summary
William Bartley is a seasoned technology executive and hands-on CTO with 12 years of senior leadership experience building scalable, cloud-native platforms across e-commerce, fulfillment, insurtech, and media. He has repeatedly transformed legacy systems into high-performing microservices architectures, driving outcomes like a 150% increase in monthly claims growth and a 70% reduction in peak AWS costs that saved $3.4M annually. Equally comfortable in strategy and execution, he builds onshore/offshore teams, leads product roadmaps, and owns integrations (e.g., Verisk’s XactAnalysis) that remove workflow friction for enterprise users. His technical range spans Python, Elixir, Node/TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, and a broad AWS ecosystem, and he combines operational rigor (SOC2/PCI experience) with rapid delivery practices. Based in Los Angeles, he brings entrepreneurial energy from multiple founding and exit experiences and a practical focus on automation, observability, and cost-efficient scale—plus a personal affinity for surf, skate, and snowboarding that keeps him agile outside the office.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Biology, B.S. Biology at Ohio University
PgDip Information Technology (Systems & Software), PgDip Information Technology (Systems & Software) at University of Glasgow