Chad leads the company's software product development efforts with a focus on quality in order to maintain Dovetail's long track record of customer satisfaction. Chad started with Dovetail in 2004 as a senior architect and developer leading the Dovetail SDK and Email Agent projects. In 2008, he became the Director of Development where he is currently focused on the development of new, upcoming products in Dovetail's already extensive product suite.
Prior to joining Dovetail, Chad served as a principal consultant and partner in a high-end software architectural and development consultancy advising and developing large-scale enterprise products for organizations such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, among several others.
Chad has over 10 years of enterprise software development experience for both the public and private sectors. including five years in a project leadership role with a proven track record of quality software results. He is a community leader who speaks at technology conferences, user groups, code camps, as well as contributing to various development communities and open source projects.
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At Dovetail, we’re always staying on top of the latest and greatest technology. We’re constantly evaluating new technologies and finding creative ways of incorporating that into our products in sensible and meaningful ways.
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