20+ years of software development and 10+ years leading teams that ship award-winning products
Bridging product, engineering, and the business by diving deep into the tech while shaping a clear, strategic vision for all stakeholders
Experience scaling a startup, navigating acquisition, integrating post-merger, and leading enterprise strategy at the executive level
Believe in pointing smart people in the right direction, then giving them the trust and support to flourish
Experience
Loancrate
Software EngineerMay 2026 - Present
United Talent Agency
Senior Vice President, EngineeringJul 2024 - May 2026
CTO MediaHound, UTA IQJun 2022 - Jul 2024
Led a 40+ person engineering team
Integrated 3 engineering teams (across acquired startups and legacy UTA systems) into a unified organization
Grew engineering team by 25%, with <5% turnover
Defined long-term vision for UTA Engineering; aligned mobile strategy and GraphQL federation, prioritized data quality investments, and unified legacy and modern stacks
Directed full-stack engineering efforts across architecture, CI/CD, QA, security, data warehousing, and ML models
Notable Achievements
Launched IQ Insights Hub used by 500+ UTA employees to drive content, talent, and deal decisions
Improved Talent Report generation from 6 minutes to instantaneous generation saving 1,100 hours annually
Worked hand-in-hand with UTA Roll Call to develop a creator platform, leading to millions of dollars in revenue
Organized first UTA Hackathon involving 20+ departments, sparking a new internal culture of innovation
Decreased issue-to-PR time with AI coding assistants by 10%
MediaHound (Startup, Acquired by UTA)
CTOMay 2014 - Jun 2022
Sold our proprietary data & APIs to Smart TV manufacturers, agencies, studios, and streaming services
Developed DateNightMovies.com, which served over 10 million recommendations and won two Webby awards
Led the transition from traditional VMs to Kubernetes on AWS, reducing infrastructure costs by 90%
Prioritized senior-level hiring and internal mentorship to grow impact without scaling headcount
General Assembly LA
InstructorNov 2014 - Sep 2015
Developed and taught inaugural iOS Development with Swift course
Ranked as a top instructor based on student feedback
“Dustin's combination of deep industry knowledge and approachability are a winning combination, and his efforts to make the learning scaffolded for the students is evident.” - GA Administrator
Airstrip
Senior iOS EngineerSep 2013 - May 2014
Built iOS apps to enable healthcare professionals to remotely monitor patient EKGs
Microsoft
Software Development EngineerJun 2011 - Sep 2013
Shipped the Push Notifications platform for the Windows Phone 8 release
Supported a dual-stack solution to support legacy and modern push notification services, minimizing impact to battery life
Spearheaded a novel internal Sublime Text extension that improved team efficiency by 5%
Received the Excellence in Execution Award (selective internal honor)
Shacked
Co-FounderNov 2009 - Dec 2011
Shipped multiple iOS apps; most notably Flickpad, a social interactive photo viewing experience
Featured by Apple under New and Noteworthy and written up in MacWorld, Wired, The Huffington Post, and others
Education
Rice University
B.S. Computer Science2011CS Club Co-PresidentResearcher under Dr. Dan WallachTeaching Assistant