scarver2 BOSS LEVEL

BOSS LEVEL (CTO)

This page is for executives and hiring managers who want the leadership signal: how I run technology, ship outcomes, and keep production calm.

PLAYER 1 • EXEC MODE

I operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and engineering craft. I’m hands-on when needed, but my real superpower is building systems and teams that keep shipping.

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Remote • Anna, TX Leadership • Delivery • Systems Calm execution
BOSS LEVEL CHECKLIST
  • STRATEGYClear priorities & trade-offs
  • DELIVERYPredictable shipping cadence
  • RISKProduction-safe decisions
  • PEOPLEHiring, mentoring, alignment
  • SYSTEMSMaintainable architecture

HIGH SCORES (OUTCOMES)

The kinds of wins I drive. Replace/expand with specifics any time.

DELIVERY

Shipping without chaos

Cadence • Scope • Calm

Establish a delivery rhythm with clear scope control so teams ship value continuously without burning out.

RISK

Production stays sacred

Safety • Rollbacks • Guardrails

Reduce downtime and deployment risk through health checks, staged rollouts, and operational discipline.

ARCH

Architecture that survives growth

Boundaries • Ownership • Maintainability

Keep systems teachable: clear interfaces, modular boundaries, and extraction only when it pays.

COST

Spend like an owner

Pragmatism • ROI • Trade-offs

Align engineering effort to business outcomes. Invest where it compounds; cut where it doesn’t.

PEOPLE

Teams that level up

Hiring • Mentoring • Culture

Build a culture of ownership, clarity, and craftsmanship—supported by systems, not heroics.

ALIGN

Exec + engineering alignment

Roadmaps • Communication • Trust

Translate strategy into an executable roadmap, keep stakeholders informed, and avoid surprise outcomes.

OPERATING SYSTEM

How I run a technology org when the stakes are real.

Principles

  • Clarity beats charisma
  • Ship value early, then iterate with feedback
  • Make the right thing easy (guardrails > policing)
  • Decisions get recorded; systems get teachable

Habits

  • Weekly delivery review: what shipped, what blocked, what changes
  • Risk review: production, security, data, finances, vendor lock-in
  • Postmortems without blame (only learning)
  • Hiring pipeline health: quality, speed, and fairness

What I measure

  • Lead time and deployment frequency (trend, not vanity)
  • Incident rate and recovery time
  • Customer-impacting defects
  • Team health: clarity, focus, and sustainable pace

What I avoid

  • Process theater
  • Hero culture
  • Premature service sprawl
  • Roadmaps that ignore reality

HIRING & TEAM DESIGN

How I build teams that can actually deliver.

Roles with clear ownership

Every system has an owner. Every owner has a path to success.

Bar-raising, not gatekeeping

I value judgment, communication, and curiosity more than trivia.

Coaching as a default

Strong seniors create strong juniors. Strong systems support both.

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PROOF & CONTEXT

Where to validate leadership context and public technical signal.

LinkedIn (professional timeline)

Best place for roles, leadership scope, and references.

Open LinkedIn

Rails depth (Power-Up)

Curated Rails tools, practices, and verification links.

Open Rails (Power-Up)