Geoffrey Dagley

Cloud Engineering Leader | Passionate Technologist | Innovative Builder

gdagley@gmail.com | 469-742-1130 | geoffreydagley.com | linkedin.com/in/gdagley

Summary

Building and scaling cloud‑native, serverless, microservice, and microfrontend platforms. Known for turning big ideas, 100+ patents, into secure, data-driven products that delight millions of users. Recruits and mentors high‑performing teams, drives innovation, and aligns technology with business strategy to accelerate growth.

Leadership & Strategy

Partnered with Product, Design, and Operations to sharpen feature intake, cut tech debt, and ship faster while boosting developer satisfaction in the process.
Defined product roadmaps that track business goals, streamlining operations, speeding releases, and elevating customer experience.
Built and scaled engineering teams from startup to enterprise size, rolling out agile, pod‑based structures with clear product ownership.
Focused on continuous learning, innovation, and career growth to improve retention and engagement.
Hired and developed top engineering talent, cultivating future leaders and a strong, scalable culture of engineering excellence.

Technical Expertise

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, IaC, Kubernetes, Docker, Serverless, Microservices, Microfrontends
Data & Analytics: Big Data, Streaming Data, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Data Pipelines
Languages & Frameworks: Dart, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Objective‑C, C#, Python, Lua, SQL
Mobile & Game Development: Flutter, iOS, Android, Unity, Corona, Ionic, RubyMotion
Web Technologies: React, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Angular, HTML, CSS, Tailwind
Databases & Caching: DynamoDB, Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Memcache
Operating Systems: macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, Unix

Experience

Blockit

McKinney, TX

VP of Engineering – Healthcare SaaS

Mar 2024 – Jan 2025

Scaled the organization from 6 to 28 (engineers, QA, data) and spun up 7 pod‑based, cross‑functional teams, accelerating release cadence and clarifying ownership.
Rebuilt the intake workflow and tightened stakeholder feedback loops leading to improved time to market by 75% (40 to 10 days).
Improved internal engagement and sped onboarding and knowledge sharing across the teams through activities like "Focus Fridays" and bi‑weekly Lunch & Learns.
Ran a full security & scalability audit, and began migrating infrastructure to Terraform IaC, removing critical CVEs, ensuring compliance, and reducing deployment effort in the process.
Expanded automated tests and observability, slashing P1 incidents and reducing after‑hours pages, restoring team focus.
Partnered with Product & Ops to harden QA gates, driving significantly fewer production bugs and increasing ability to ship faster.

Capital One

Plano, TX

Director, Software Engineering – Credit Card

Mar 2023 – Feb 2024

Unified several fraud‑detection engines into a serverless, AWS‑driven microservice platform that consumes streaming data and big‑data signals in real time, cutting rule‑deployment friction and simplifying ops.
Re‑tooled four fully remote teams to stay ahead on tech upgrades, security fixes, and microservice hygiene, lowering run costs and turning weekly releases into the norm.

Director, Software Engineering – Auto Finance

Feb 2022 – Mar 2023

Took Capital One's auto‑finance tools to 6,000+ dealerships by embedding independently deployable micro‑frontends directly on dealer websites.
Scaled Showroom, a white‑label digital‑retail product, sharpening UX and APIs to bump dealer adoption.
Coached five remote agile teams (30+ engineers/managers) toward true continuous delivery, using innovation days to surface new ideas fast.
Cleared overlapping tech stacks by aligning product, design, and engineering on shared microservice contracts, smoothing dealer integrations and trimming transaction friction.

Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Auto Finance

Feb 2020 – Feb 2022

Led 15+ engineers through the Carvoy.com acquisition, porting its digital‑retail flow onto Capital One's AWS serverless, microservice backbone.
Grew scope from 2 to 5 teams and completed the direct‑dealer platform integration, enabling $1B+ in originations across 3,500+ dealerships.

Lead Software Engineer – Auto Finance

Jul 2017 – Feb 2020

Sparked 100+ patents across machine learning, AR, and blockchain, keeping Capital One on the innovation edge.
Shipped the AutoNavigator iOS app: on‑device ML spots any car, while AR surfaces nearby matches.
Super‑charged AutoNavigator search with NLP and predictive models, cutting lookup time and boosting engagement.

Engineering, Architecture, & Consulting Roles

1998 – 2017

Magic Leap / Fuzzy Cube Software (2014 – 2017) – Developed mobile games for iOS/Android, built backend services, and prototyped new AR/XR experiences for Magic Leap One.
Newtoy/Zynga (Director, Backend Services, 2010 – 2013) – Scaled the backend for Words With Friends to 30M+ MAU, ensuring zero downtime during Zynga's acquisition and migration. Led a remote team of 15+ engineers in building the With Friends backend platform, enabling multiple game launches.
Dallas Ruby User Group (Organizer, 2006 – 2011) – Founded and led the Dallas Ruby User Group, organizing meetups, coordinating speakers, and fostering a local developer community.
Independent Consulting (2005 – 2013) – Provided web and mobile application development services for clients in social networking, property management, travel, and educational fundraising. Delivered cross-platform iOS/Android educational apps and built scalable web applications.
Various Engineering & Leadership Roles (1998 – 2010) – Held software engineering and architecture roles at companies including JD Edwards, Frito Lay, and EDS, specializing in enterprise software, financial systems, and infrastructure development.