Reza Tabibazar

Transformational engineering executive with 20+ years of proven success scaling technology organizations and driving measurable business outcomes in FinTech and high-growth environments. Led teams of 40+ engineers while delivering $15M+ in cost optimizations and revenue acceleration. Expert in building scalable platforms supporting millions of users, achieving enterprise compliance (SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO-27001), and executing digital transformation initiatives that directly impact bottom-line results.

Engineering Leader at GoFractional (2023-10 – Present)

Embedded DevOps/SRE leadership across high-growth portfolio companies, driving platform reliability, infrastructure scalability, and engineering team performance.

• Hired, mentored, and managed distributed engineering teams across portfolio companies, including on-call rotations, performance cycles, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment
• Owned SLOs/SLIs, incident response, and post-mortem culture across 8+ companies, sustaining 99.9% uptime on critical customer-facing systems
• Delivered $500K+ annual cost optimizations through FinOps implementations and infrastructure rightsizing initiatives
• Led pipeline modernization and GitOps adoption, cutting deployment cycle times by 40%
• Designed Kubernetes-based (Terraform, AWS) deployment architectures and multi-cloud strategies supporting rapid business scaling
• Advised portfolio companies on practical AI adoption including LLM integration for customer support automation, AI-powered code review workflows, and evaluation frameworks for build-vs-buy decisions on emerging AI tools

AVP of Engineering, Cloud & Infrastructure at Flexiti Financial (2023-01 – 2023-10)

Led 40-person engineering organization supporting FinTech growth and Mastercard partnership

• Managed $8M engineering budget while scaling team of 40 professionals across DevOps, SRE, Cloud, and Infrastructure functions
• Delivered next-generation platform architecture enabling Mastercard partnership and supporting projected 40% revenue growth
• Restructured DevOps/SRE organization improving system reliability and reducing customer-impacting incidents by 50%
• Achieved 13% AWS cost reduction ($400K annually) through strategic resource optimization while maintaining performance standards
• Redefined IT support structure for 200-person call center, ensuring 99.8% operational uptime during peak customer interactions
• Negotiated and managed $2M+ in vendor relationships, optimizing contracts for cost-effectiveness and strategic alignment

Director of Engineering, Infrastructure at Wonolo (2022-08 – 2022-11)

Drove infrastructure strategy and operational excellence for marketplace platform

• Delivered 8% infrastructure cost reduction while maintaining 99.99% uptime SLAs for revenue-critical marketplace operations
• Advised engineering teams on architectural best practices supporting platform scalability for growing gig economy marketplace
• Implemented comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems tracking key business metrics including transaction volume and user engagement
• Championed CI/CD best practices enabling multiple daily deployments while maintaining zero-downtime operations

Director of Engineering, Infrastructure at Daylight Automation (2017-11 – 2022-08)

Built and scaled infrastructure supporting national healthcare initiatives and enterprise clients

• Hired and developed 15-person engineering team including Software Engineers, DevOps specialists, and Security professionals
• Architected and delivered COVID-19 vaccination platform for Shoppers Drug Mart, achieving 1,000 TPS and supporting millions of Canadians
• Led infrastructure expansion from single enterprise client to 15+ customers, demonstrating scalability and market adaptability
• Directed enterprise-grade multi-cloud implementation across Azure, GCP, and AWS, ensuring redundancy and business continuity
• Attained SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI compliance with ISO-27001 roadmap, enabling enterprise customer acquisition and partnership opportunities
• Maintained 99.99% availability while enabling multiple daily deployments, implementing comprehensive KPI tracking and performance optimization
• Executed budget planning and resource allocation for infrastructure operations, optimizing costs while ensuring scalability for business growth

Senior DevOps/Lead Security Engineer at Influitive Corporation (2017-01 – 2017-11)

Led security transformation and infrastructure modernization for SaaS platform

• Achieved ISO-27001 compliance and implemented enterprise security frameworks enabling Fortune 500 customer acquisition
• Successfully migrated from Cloud 66 to DC/OS utilizing Mesos and Docker, improving scalability and operational efficiency
• Introduced Prometheus and Grafana monitoring platforms, improving system visibility and reducing MTTR by 40%
• Configured custom Elasticsearch clusters for high-value services, optimizing search performance and ensuring data integrity

Lead DevOps Engineer at Blueprint Software Systems (2015-06 – 2017-01)

Established DevOps practice and led cloud transformation initiative

• Founded and managed DevOps team, collaborating with R&D leadership to establish yearly goals and KPIs aligned with business objectives
• Led comprehensive migration from on-premise to AWS infrastructure, including database migration and application modernization
• Implemented continuous delivery using Jenkins and introduced Git/GitHub workflows, accelerating development velocity by 35%
• Pioneered Ansible-based configuration management, improving deployment reliability and reducing manual intervention by 75%

Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering – Case Western Reserve University