Buford Taylor

Experience

CTO 2015 - 2016 (over 1 year)

Hired and managed up to 12 people.
Increased users 3x.
Increased subscription rev 3x.
Managed launch of mobile apps.
Introduced advanced site monitoring and... more

Shortcut

Founder, CTO/Founder 2014 - 2015 (about 1 year)

Venues don't know much about their users, but they will.

Went through Techstars 2014 and then raised about $1M total.
Built and launched product. Deployed in 5 of... more

rentify

CTO 2013 - 2014 (10 months)

Hired and managed 15 people.
Increased users from 30k to 100k.
Cleaned up the software's architecture.
Coded occasionally.
Managed and created new product.
Presented... more

Exit

Eventbrite

Senior Software Engineer 2009 - 2013 (over 3 years)

Early software engineer when Eventbrite was 12 people and only 3 engineers in 2009.
Technical lead, or had a hand in, almost every user facing web feature from 2009-2011.
Started... more

Reforge

Head of Engineering

Employee

Founder

Shortcut

Employee

Eventbrite, Reforge, rentify, 17hats

Projects

Casting Call Club

Community Marketplace for voice talent

Founder, Ruby on Rails, React, Javascript · Casting Call Club - Create voice work, casting calls, and audio projects. Audition for voiceover roles and… · More

Education

About

Achievements

- Helped Eventbrite grow from 12 to 300 employees, to $700 million revenue/year

- More than 3x users from 30k to 100k as CTO of Rentify. Overhauled entire architecture.

- co-founded Shortcut. Raised about $1M. Launched in 5 of the biggest venues in the UK.

- single-founder of Casting Call Club. 0 to 100,000 users.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Software Engineering Ruby on Rails iOS Development Databases Python Ruby Product Management Product Development Engineering Management Growth Hacking React.js

Locations

Boston San Francisco New York City Austin

Buford Taylor

Mediocre dad jokes. First 10 @Eventbrite. Founding engineer @Reforge. Founder @CastingCallClub.