Resume

Kevin Church

Malvern, PA 19355
kevin@kevinchurch.com
(484) 321-6272
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Overview

Hands-on software engineering leader with 20+ years of experience as founding engineer and player-coach, scaling B2B SaaS teams and platforms from bootstrapped startup to private equity acquisition. Experienced in driving SOC 2 compliance, containerizing legacy on-premises systems with Docker for migration to AWS, implementing native and iPaaS enterprise integrations, managing full software development lifecycles (SDLC) with in-person, remote, and offshore teams, building continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and leading resolution of high-stakes technical and operational challenges, owning outcomes end-to-end.

Key Accomplishments

  • Pioneered and scaled the industry-launching secure document sharing and project management platform, serving 500+ enterprise customers over 20 years with top-tier performance and reliability.

  • Achieved SOC 2 compliance by developing policies, documentation, and processes, delivering the project on time with minimal disruption, strengthening security, and enabling new and expanded customer contracts.

  • Directed end-to-end technology due diligence for a private equity acquisition, analyzing all systems and operations to provide insights critical to closing the deal.

  • Partnered with internal and external teams to build iPaaS and native enterprise integrations, accelerating GTM and supporting acquisition of higher-value customers.

  • Engineered a high-performance, scalable web crawling platform on budget hardware, processing 1M URLs per hour per server through optimized tuning and modular design to support critical product functionality.

  • Accelerated feature delivery by implementing Agile workflows and OKRs, boosting team efficiency and release predictability.

  • Built an automated system generating Java POJOs and CRUD stored procedures from MS SQL schemas, added connection pooling, and dramatically improved development speed, code reliability, performance, and eliminated deadlocks.

  • Initiated and executed an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration with 100M+ row tables, improving performance, reliability, maintainability, and eliminating database licensing and support costs.

  • Drove platform expansion, doubling datacenter capacity and implementing data replication with warm-standby systems, enhancing resiliency, reducing RTO/RPO, and increasing overall reliability.

Technical Skills

Core Technologies: SOC 2, AWS, Gen AI, CI/CD, Java, JavaScript, Vue, SQL, Linux

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Science University of Delaware, Newark, DE | 1995-2000

Professional Experience

VP of Engineering

Workzone | Philadelphia, PA (remote) | December 2018 - April 2025

Operating in the B2B SaaS Project Management sector, Workzone is a bootstrapped to Private Equity-Owned organization employing 16 people.

Responsibilities: Set technical vision and architecture for a reliable, scalable SaaS platform.

  • Built and managed engineering team, hiring and mentoring talent, achieving an average tenure of 11 years
  • Established engineering best practices and development processes
  • Owned product delivery roadmap and execution with Product/Design
  • Oversaw infrastructure, security, compliance, and technology spend of $500k
  • Reported on technology strategy, risks, and progress to executives and investors

Accomplishments:

  • Achieved SOC 2 compliance by developing policies, documentation, and processes, delivering the project on time with minimal disruption, strengthening security and enabling new and expanded customer contracts
  • Partnered with internal and external teams to build iPaaS and native enterprise integrations, accelerating GTM and supporting acquisition of higher-value customers
  • Maintained industry-leading reliability of 99.999% and sub-100ms application response times
  • Prepared managers for senior roles through structured leadership development programs
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to accelerate delivery
  • Architected containerization and migration of legacy systems to AWS
  • Led tech due diligence and transition to private equity ownership

Tech Stack: JavaScript, Vue, Java, Postgres, Linux, Docker/Podman, AWS

Director of Engineering

Workzone | East Norriton, PA (hybrid) | August 2014 - December 2018

Responsibilities: Led day-to-day engineering team operations and execution.

  • Managed feature delivery, technical debt, and system reliability
  • Mentored engineers and drove team growth and performance
  • Implemented best practices for code quality, testing, and incident response
  • Collaborated with Product and Design to align on roadmap priorities
  • Monitored infrastructure, security, and operational metrics

Accomplishments:

  • Initiated and executed an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration with 100M+ row tables, improving performance, reliability, and maintainability while eliminating database licensing and support costs
  • Built REST API that expanded enterprise integrations, increased product stickiness to drive retention, and enhanced customer efficiency, fueling revenue growth and market expansion
  • Developed single sign-on (SSO) infrastructure powering the enterprise subscription tier, improving customer experience while driving higher-tier pricing and revenue growth
  • Strengthened team skills and readiness through mentorship and technical knowledge sharing
  • Increased feature delivery speed by 60% by introducing Agile and OKRs

Tech Stack: JavaScript, Java, Oracle, Postgres, Linux, REST, Nagios, ElasticSearch

Founding Engineer

Workzone | East Norriton, PA (in-office) | August 2002 - August 2014

Responsibilities: Designed and scaled infrastructure supporting platform growth.

  • Served as technical mentor to the growing engineering team
  • Established coding standards and architectural principles

Accomplishments:

  • Drove platform expansion, doubling datacenter capacity and implementing data replication with warm-standby systems, enhancing resiliency, reducing RTO/RPO, and increasing overall reliability
  • Refactored legacy JSP platform to modern MVC architecture
  • Established patterns and processes that scaled with company growth

Tech Stack: JavaScript, Java, Oracle, Linux

Senior Software Engineer

Verilaw Technologies | Wayne, PA (in-office) | October 2001 - July 2002

Responsibilities: Coached team of 10+ engineers in Java development practices.

  • Standardized workflows and improved team velocity

Accomplishments:

  • Engineered code generation tools that reduced development time by 70%
  • Automated CRUD operations for government electronic filing systems
  • Created automations for PDF manipulation

Tech Stack: JavaScript, Java, MS SQL Server

Software Engineer

InternetSeer | Thornton, PA (in-office) | November 2000 - September 2001

Responsibilities: Designed scalable web crawling platform architecture.

  • Optimized database performance on commodity hardware

Accomplishments:

  • Built platform processing one million URLs per hour
  • Implemented advanced query optimization and caching strategies

Tech Stack: Java, C++, Oracle, Linux

Java Developer

Odyssey Systems | Philadelphia, PA | April 2000 - November 2000

Responsibilities: Work with clients, designers, and product managers to convert business requirements into technical implementations.

  • Build and maintain server-side business logic, data processing, and application workflows

Accomplishments:

  • Pioneered secure document sharing platform that evolved into Workzone
  • Created the platform that grew to serve 500+ enterprise customers over 20 years

Tech Stack: JavaScript, Java, MySQL, Oracle, Linux

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