Summary
David Grumm is a seasoned technology executive with 15+ years building scalable platforms and high-performance engineering organizations across retail, ecommerce, and SaaS. As VP Technology at Resident and former VP of Engineering at ThredUp and Sephora, he specializes in modernizing platform architecture, driving omnichannel retail transformations, and maturing DevOps, CI/CD and trust practices that enabled IPO readiness and large-scale acquisitions. He blends hands-on technical product strategy with people-first leadership—scaling teams, creating cross-functional partnerships, and turning operational pain points into automated workflows. An operator comfortable in both fractional CTO roles and enterprise settings, David has repeatedly taken proven startup technologies to enterprise-grade at scale. Notably, his background spans early web-era engineering through modern cloud-native practices, giving him rare perspective on long-term platform evolution.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Environmental Biology and Management, B.S., Environmental Biology and Management at University of California, Davis