Chas Wurster
Chief Technology Officer at PrePass
San Diego, California, United States
About Chas Wurster
Chas Wurster is Chief Technology Officer at PrePass. Location: San Diego, California, United States.
Impactful technology executive with proven experience building/scaling top-performing teams and launching commercially successful products. Experience • All aspects of software lifecycle including: system architecture, software design, software development, product release, customer support, sales support, and managing engineering teams both locally and internationally. • Deep understanding of the challenges associated with building software for wireless devices and embedded systems. • Architected, designed, and deployed multiple high performance SaaS systems in dedicated hosting centers and in the cloud. • Hardware development and manufacturing lifecycle including the development of Bluetooth 4.0 beacons and Bluetooth 4.0 enabled WiFi Hubs, leveraging external and internal manufacturing facilities both domestic and foreign. • Product and program management. Leadership • Successfully built numerous highly productive engineering teams from the ground up both in startups and within large organizations. • Managed offshore development teams and consultants. Partnerships and Customers • Managed all aspects of technical partnerships from negotiations to implementation. • Led and oversaw deployment, technical integration, product development, project management, operations, and support with companies including: Apple, NFL, Google, MLB, Ruckus, Gamestop, RetailMeNot, Shazam, Qualcomm, Citi, ABC, FOX, Univision, Gannet, Hearst Media, AOL, Yahoo, LG, Verizon, UrbanAirship, and Flextronics. • Managed external contract engineering firms, and manufacturers in China, Taiwan, India, and Utah Scale • Mobile SDKs with more than 200M end use downloads • Hardware production of more than 1.4M devices
Skills
Additional experience
Advisor
Gimbal
Started February 2019
Education
- MS, UC San Diego
- BS, Harvey Mudd College