Stalled strategic initiatives

The problem:

Brandcast had key strategic initiatives that were simply not getting done, putting key client commitments at risk. They hired Kyle to assess and improve their Product and Engineering operations.

Kyle’s approach:

  • Performed a current state assessment for leadership, including documenting and improving existing processes.
  • Hired auditor and completed a clean SOC II Type 2 Audit to meet a client commitment
  • Implemented new SDLC, creating alignment from business goals through software releases leveraging Atlassian
  • Created new approaches for sales and customer discovery leveraging www.gong.io
  • Recruited a new fulltime VPE from personal network
    • Assisted with cloud first re-architecture yielding 90% cost reductions on hosting.

Outcome:

Key Initiatives delivered and new leadership put in place.

“Kyle has that rare combination of solid VPE/CTO credentials and experience, backed by superb interpersonal skills. He is meticulously disciplined and organized, and his leadership style stresses accountability but his managerial approach is disarming and collaborative. At Brandcast, Kyle was hired as interim Chief Security Officer but has done much more. He navigated Brandcast’s first SOC 2 Type 2 external audit which concluded with a clean report. His leadership in gathering and organizing all of Brandcast’s operating controls and policies was indispensable and filled a role that no one else at Brandcast would have had the bandwidth to carry out. Kyle has since been entrusted with mapping out Brandcast’s entire software development life cycle and prioritizing the features and functions in Brandcast’s product roadmap. His versatility as a tech executive is unmatched and I would hire Kyle in a nanosecond.”

David Kaplan
COO Brandcast