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Driving revenue and engineering growth for high-volume e-commerce and micro-services. Expert in modernizing legacy systems, scaling SEO to millions of pages, and securing six-figure cloud savings. Proven leader in high-uptime (99.9%) containerized environments and AI-driven business growth.

KYLE JOHNSON

VP of Technology | Technical Co-Founder | Director of Engineering
Seattle, WA

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Professional Summary

Strategic Technology Executive with over 20 years of experience driving revenue and engineering excellence across high-volume e-commerce and micro-service platforms. Expert at modernizing legacy infrastructure, scaling SEO to millions of indexed pages, and delivering six-figure cloud cost savings. Proven leader in building high-uptime (99.9%), containerized environments while integrating advanced AI propensity models to drive business growth.

Core Competencies

  • Infrastructure & Cloud: Kubernetes (Managed/Unmanaged), AWS, Azure, GCP, BigQuery, Data Center Decommissioning.
  • E-commerce & Fintech: Stripe Checkout integration, Apple/Google Pay, Affirm, Yotpo, and high-scale cart launches.
  • Growth & MarTech: AI-generated SEO content (200k+ pages), GA4 migration, Customer.IO, and 75% reduction in email marketing spend.
  • Leadership: Mentoring 15+ resources, managing corporate splits (Vintage from Prep), and overseeing multi-cloud technical strategy.

Professional Experience

Prep Sportswear | Seattle, WA
Vice President of Technology | 2021 – Present

Strategic Leadership & Corporate Evolution

  • Orchestrated a major corporate split (Vintage Brand from Prep Sportswear) and the technical setup of a new Nashville manufacturing facility.
  • Launched a white-label printing system integrated with Shopify and revived partner programs to expand market reach.
  • Managed the successful transition from a physical data center to a fully cloud-native environment (GCP/Kubernetes).

Technical Modernization & Platform Performance

  • Architected and led the transition from a monolithic transactional SQL architecture to a decoupled, asynchronous message-based system using Google Cloud Pub/Sub, significantly reducing database contention and increasing system throughput.
  • Eliminated infrastructure blind spots by architecting custom GCP Dashboards and automated SLI/SLO alerting, enabling proactive incident response and reducing manual system health checks.
  • Maintained 99.9% uptime across the platform while modernizing legacy systems into .NET Core containerized services.
  • Replaced a "home-rolled" checkout system with Stripe Checkout, introducing Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Affirm.
  • Built a custom image server to handle high-traffic global requests and migrated reporting to BigQuery/Metabase for data-driven decision-making.

Growth, SEO & AI Innovation

  • SEO Transformation: Increased Google-indexed pages by 300% (1M to 3M+) and drove a 1600% increase in Product Snippets and Merchant Listings.
  • AI Implementation: Deployed AI propensity models using GA4 and BigQuery to predict customer behavior; implemented AI-generated content across 500k+ pages.
  • Review Ecosystem: Revived and scaled product reviews from 0 to 1 million via Yotpo migration.

Efficiency & Cost Optimization

  • Cloud Savings: Delivered $185k/year in cloud savings in 2023 through infrastructure rightsizing and moving to unmanaged K8s clusters and Continued Use Discounts (CUDs).
  • Marketing Spend: Reduced marketing email costs by over 75% through a strategic migration to Customer.IO and Postmark.

Cascadia Ascent | Seattle, WA
Co-Founder | 2026 – Present

  • Co-founded a technical consulting and recruiting agency specializing in engineering leadership and technical strategy.

QuoteWizard by LendingTree | Seattle, WA
Director of Engineering | 2016 – 2021 (Promoted from Lead) 

  • Directed multiple product teams for platforms generating $200M+ in annual revenue.
  • Architected the "Delty Publisher" micro-service system using Node, C#, and AWS Lambda.
  • Scaled engineering team headcount by 100% in one year while maintaining high employee morale during acquisition.

Education

Associates in Microcomputer Support | Iowa Western Community College 

Key Performance Indicators (Recruiter Cheat Sheet)

  • 99.9% Platform Uptime maintained during major migrations.
  • 3M+ Pages indexed by Google (3x growth).
  • $185k/yr in direct cloud infrastructure savings.
  • 75% reduction in marketing tech spend.
  • 1M Customer reviews generated from a zero-base.
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