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Daniel Wise

Contact Information

Portland, OR | (503) 597-8290 | hi@danwise.dev | LinkedIn

Professional Summary

An innovative Senior Engineering Manager with a proven history of leading high-performing, globally distributed teams, emphasizing diversity and mentorship. Skilled in driving significant technological initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and cut costs through solutions like serverless architecture. Adept at developing scalable, cloud-native software that improves collaboration and user experience.

Skills

Frontend Development

Apollo Client
Data Grids
Next.js
React
Tailwind CSS
Tanstack Query (fka React Query)
TypeScript

Backend Development

Apollo Server
GraphQL
MongoDB
Node.js
Postgres
REST APIs
Redis
Ruby on Rails
SQL
Serverless Infrastructure

DevOps & Cloud Providers

AWS CDK
AWS Codepipelines
AWS
Azure
Git
Github Actions
SST
Vercel

Professional Experience

Senior Engineering Manager

Best Western Hotels – Phoenix, AZ | May 2022 – Present

  • Led diverse and globally distributed teams to enhance operational efficiency
  • Spearheaded migration of legacy application to serverless architecture, resulting in 70% cost reduction
  • Implemented shared RDS Serverless Postgres cluster across multiple AWS accounts
  • Enhanced backend development processes, shortening feedback-to-deployment cycle

Principal Solutions Engineer/Founder

Wise Revenue Management – Portland, OR | January 2013 – May 2022

  • Developed Ruby on Rails-based backend for web-crawling and Sidekiq queue system
  • Transformed Excel-based dashboards into centralized, cloud-native application on AWS

Chief Product Architect/CEO

Revcaster – Portland, OR | January 2012 – February 2018

  • Employed AWS, Ruby on Rails, and Postgres for robust backend development
  • Led backend optimization efforts for rate shopping tool
  • Designed advanced web crawler system for live rate data collection

Education

  • Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2011
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2004

Certifications & Awards

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services, 2023
  • AWS Cloud Technical Essentials, Amazon Web Services, 2024
  • Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Google, 2024
  • Certified Revenue Management Executive, HSMAI
  • HSMAI Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Optimization, 2016