Over Two Decades as a Tech Leader. A lifetime as a Builder.
We might be whimsical and irreverent, but we take seriously the building of technical solutions that meet our customers’ needs.
Proven Leadership and Innovation
Ward has a proven track record of working backwards from the customer, leveraging over two decades of my experience as a technology leader for companies like Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, and RealSelf.
With a relentless pursuit of building what is needed in the moment, we anticipate lurking problems and foster high-performing teams by cultivating a culture of psychological safety.
This empowers team members to embrace the unknown and view failures as opportunities for learning, resulting in continuous innovation and exponential outcomes.
- Four decades of hands-on programming mastery fueling transformative solutions
- Leadership roles at Amazon, Xbox, Microsoft empowering scalable team development
- Pioneering applied AI to solve complex, real-world technological challenges
- A rich portfolio demonstrating innovation at all scales from 0-1 to global scale
Driving Innovation with Expertise and Leadership
Don’t take our word for it. Here is what others are saying about working Ward and Monster Orange.
FREDRIK FRIDLUND
Co-founder & CEO of Allakando
As a technical and leadership advisor to Allakando, Ward is always super honest in his opinions and he is always pushing for what’s best for the company. He is amazing at both the high-level strategic questions as well as the important details in our work. On a personal level it’s also an absolute joy to work with Ward and I can’t recommend him enough!
JUDY STERN
CMO | Board Member | E-Commerce, Marketplaces | Revenue Growth | Partnerships |Ad Monetization | Growth Marketing | Global | Full Stack Brand-to-Demand Marketing Leader
Wicked smart, collaborative, engaging, thoughtful, authentic, always delivers — that’s Ward. His combination of expertise (the “what”) and leadership style (the “how”) is truly remarkable and I saw it in action every day at RealSelf. He will make your organization and products better for customers (internal and external). Run – don’t walk, to work with him.
JAMES COYLE
President@ OPENLANE | Global Executive & Enterprise Business Leader | Former Category Leader at Amazon
I have worked with Ward at 3 companies, we have worked together as peers and he was also my direct report at RealSelf. Ward is one of the smartest humans I have ever met. From a work perspective, he is an expert architect, a great engineer and a fantastic people leader. I have seen him break apart monolithic infrastructure into SOA, and I have seen him completely rebuild teams from the ground up to. I would gladly recommend him.