Brad Flaugher

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Professional Summary

I operate as a high-impact advisor, helping organizations navigate pivotal moments and achieve ambitious goals. With a multi-disciplinary toolkit spanning code, commerce, economic insight, and historical context, I architect robust solutions and unlock pathways to growth. No fluff, just focused problem-solving and a commitment to tangible results alongside your team.

Education

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
General Management Program (GMP) | 2023 (Featured on Wharton Executive Education Podcast)
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Certificate in Technology and Operations | 2022 (Profiled by MIT)
London School of Economics
MSc Economic History | 2010
Kalamazoo College
BA in Computer Science and Economics | 2009 (Founder of Endowed Complex Systems Scholarship)

Professional Experience

Brad Flaugher — Independent Consultant | 2024–Present
  • Direct leadership on operational overhauls: streamlining core processes for major productivity gains and stronger workforce output.
  • Build actionable systems and process improvements that cut repetitive tasks, enabling teams to focus on critical strategic goals.
  • Tie operational changes directly to P&L improvements; drive sustained ROI through rigorous performance oversight.
Inoxoft — Chief Technology Officer | 2018–2024
  • Negotiated Bread Factory merger (2018) and became CTO for the combined firm.
  • Integrated 100-person engineering organization; scaled to 240 engineers across global locations (North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia), developing technical talent through structured ML bootcamp programs.
  • Demonstrated versatility by serving diverse client portfolio - from enterprise clients like Procter & Gamble (optimizing advertising pipelines with 40 % BigQuery cost reduction) to startups like ReFuelrs (full design and deployment of on-demand fuel delivery app, Case Study).
Audigent (Acquired by Experian) — Embedded AI/ML Lead | 2020–2023
Seconded from my role as CTO of Inoxoft; remained CTO throughout the engagement.
  • Owned ML stack processing billions of user events; sub-10 ms models powered real-time bidding.
  • Scaled infra across thousands of servers; optimized AWS allocation.
Bread Factory Studios (Acquired by Inoxoft) — Founder | 2015–2018
  • Founded data-focused software firm leading IoT and Machine Learning projects, establishing foundational technologies and client relationships.
  • Successfully negotiated a strategic merger with Inoxoft, aligning technical and client teams under one platform.
RedCurrent (Series A Exit - Founder Buyout) — Product Development Lead | 2014–2015
  • Successfully standardized and automated scraping of events from thousands of sites to consolidate web calendars into a single platform, featured in Star Tribune, with development teams spanning the US and Asia.
  • Departed after early founder buyout concurrent with successful Series A funding.
Offline Magazine (Acquihired by RedCurrent) — Co-Founder | 2013–2014
  • Co-founded audio-text hybrid platform achieving 250K downloads in first month; created writer-centric revenue model featured in TechCrunch.
Earlier Experience — 2006–2013
  • Executed $50 M daily algorithmic trades at Walleye Capital while developing proprietary trading algorithms.
  • Published computational neuroscience research in Journal of Cognitive Neurodynamics while at RMKI Research Institute.
  • Performed security audit work for Fortune 500 clients at BDO LLP.

Skills

Strategic Cost Optimization

HR/IT operations analysis • domestic vs. outsourced talent strategy • AI and automation for process efficiency • Agile methods for rapid value delivery

Software & Platform Architecture

Long-term maintainability design • cost-minimized tech stack selection • maximizing software longevity • system resilience & security hardening • rapid prototyping & MVP development

Product & Market Strategy

Product-market fit validation • market testing & analysis • strategic pricing models • innovation engineering frameworks

Digital Transformation & Change

Digital transformation roadmaps for SMEs • change management implementation • fostering a culture of innovation • technology adoption strategies

Innovation Leadership