JasonFlatford

Skills & Platforms

What I bring to your team

I think at the strategic level of a CPO and execute at the technical level of a staff engineer. Here's what that looks like in practice.

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Product Leadership

Set vision, align stakeholders, and ship — from roadmap to revenue.

  • Change Management
  • Community Strategy
  • Cross-functional Leadership
  • Go-to-Market Strategy
  • Hiring & Org Design
  • Partnership Development
  • Pricing & Packaging
  • Product Discovery
  • Product-led Growth (PLG)
  • Program/Project Management
  • Roadmapping
  • Stakeholder Communication (C-suite & Board)
  • Vendor Management
  • Vision & Strategy

Engineering & Architecture

Design and build systems that scale — multi-tenant SaaS, real-time ops, clean APIs.

  • API Design (REST/GraphQL)
  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Caching Strategies (CDN/Redis)
  • Code Documentation
  • Code Quality & Reviews
  • GDPR/CCPA Compliance
  • Incident Management
  • Internationalization (i18n)
  • Legacy Modernization
  • Microservices & Modular Monoliths
  • Multi-tenant SaaS
  • Observability (DataDog/Prometheus)
  • PCI-aware Architecture
  • Payments & Billing (Stripe/PayPal)
  • Performance & Scalability
  • Real-time Systems (WebSockets)
  • SOC2 Awareness
  • Search (Lucene)
  • Security Best Practices
  • Testing (unit/integration)
  • Version Control (Git)
  • Webhooks

Data & AI

From LLM integration to real-time dashboards — make data actionable.

  • AI for Good (Ethical AI)
  • Business Intelligence
  • Dashboards and Reporting
  • Data Privacy (GDPR/CCPA)
  • Database Architecture
  • Event Tracking & Telemetry
  • LLM Integration (OpenAI API)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Real-time Analytics
  • S3 Data Lakes
  • SQL and NoSQL
  • Vector Indexing (pgvector)

Product Design / UX

Turn complexity into clarity — accessible, polished interfaces users actually enjoy.

  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)
  • Bootstrap / Tailwind
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Systems
  • Figma Translation
  • Information Architecture
  • Interaction Design
  • Material Design
  • Motion & Micro-interactions
  • UX Writing

Business Operations

Handle the operational side — budgets, partnerships, IP, and the structure that lets teams focus on building.

  • Annual Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Board Reporting
  • Cost Center Management
  • LLC / Corp Formation
  • Licensing & IP Strategy
  • OKRs & KPIs
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Vendor Procurement

Cloud & DevOps

Ship reliably on AWS, Azure, or Cloudflare — IaC, CI/CD, and cost-conscious infra.

  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront)
  • Azure (App Service, AKS, Cosmos DB)
  • Cloudflare (WAF/Workers/CDN)
  • Cost Optimization
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions / CI-CD
  • Monitoring & Alerting
  • Terraform / IaC

Platforms & Languages

Full-stack fluency across modern and legacy stacks — I pick the right tool, not the trendy one.

  • ASP.NET / Razor
  • Bash / PowerShell
  • C# / .NET
  • GraphQL
  • HTML5 / CSS3 / Tailwind
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • NoSQL (MongoDB)
  • Node.js / TypeScript
  • React / Next.js
  • React Native
  • Redis
  • SQL (PostgreSQL / MySQL)
  • Spring Boot
  • VBA / Excel
  • Visual Basic
  • WPF / WinForms

Security & Compliance

Build trust by default — auth, audit logging, PCI scope reduction, privacy-first.

  • Audit Logging
  • Authentication & SSO (OAuth2/OIDC/SAML)
  • HIPAA Awareness
  • Privacy-aware Design (GDPR/CCPA)
  • RBAC / Permissions
  • Secrets Management

Domain Expertise

Deep context in esports, SaaS, civic tech, and marketplaces — not just a generalist.

  • API Ecosystems
  • B2B & B2C Solutions
  • Civic Tech / GovTech
  • Community Platforms
  • Gaming & Esports
  • Live Event Operations
  • Marketplaces & Booking
  • Multilingual Systems
  • Partner Ecosystems
  • Payments & Subscriptions
  • Public Policy & Advocacy
  • SaaS Platforms
  • Social Impact
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