Reza Satari

Curriculum vitae

Berlin, Germanyreza.s.satari@gmail.comlinkedin.com/in/reza-satarigithub.com/rsatari

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Experience

  1. 2026–nowCo-founder & CEOFullDropFull-quality photo and video delivery for creative professionals, iPhone, Android and web
    • Building one link that delivers a whole shoot at full quality: RAW files, photos and video, with client favourites and comments.
    • Runs on Graith CTS, the patent-pending transfer engine I built, delivered as Swift and Kotlin SDKs.
  2. 2026OperationsQoreloAI agents for SAP transformation
    • Operating lead working directly with the CEOs: finance, legal, HR, partnerships, marketing, Nordic sales and administration.
    • Built the cash and operating forecast, ran grant and R&D tax-credit applications, and managed bookkeeping and audit prep with the tax advisors.
    • Drafted and negotiated partner, referral and customer agreements, and restructured the contract framework into a short signable commercial section with legal terms in annexes.
    • Ran outbound sales in the Nordics and conference sponsorships, from package negotiation to on-site delivery.
    • Ran the website, content, SEO and GEO.
    • Took every hire from contract to day one, with employment packages and a role-based onboarding programme.
    • Led office moves and vendor negotiations, and shipped a full feature integration into the product.
  3. 2025–2026Co-founder & CEOCapchConsumer social, iOS
    • Idea to public beta in about 8 weeks, then to the App Store across 30+ builds.
    • Ran a weekly build, measure, learn loop from in-person user research and observed usage.
    • Owned support, operations, metrics, the investor narrative and fundraising materials.
    • Wound the app down when usage data showed the core feature was the wrong one, and kept the transfer technology.
  4. 2024–2025Chief Information Security OfficerAtlas MetricsB2B ESG compliance SaaS
    • Joined as QA Manager and was made CISO two weeks later, owning security, compliance, IT, audits and vendor negotiations for a company selling to banks and financial-sector clients.
    • GDPR, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 readiness, with 40+ policies built into day-to-day operations.
    • Rebuilt the HRIS, device management and access control, and cut more than €100K a year in spend.
  5. 2024Head of QAPREMATCHSports fan engagement
    • Built the first quality and release function and hired a team of 4.
    • Introduced automated testing, a CI/CD pipeline and go/no-go launch criteria. Delivery efficiency improved about 40%.
  6. 2023–2024Co-founder & CEOHijabi RentalsEV mobility operations
    • $12K to about $500K ARR in under 12 months, 2 to about 50 employees, sold about 10 months after launch.
    • Built hiring, training, scheduling, routing, fleet management, support, pricing and unit economics from scratch.
    • Expanded from the Bay Area to Austin and Las Vegas on playbooks the local teams ran on their own.
    • Ran the business alongside a full-time role managing 15 engineers at Meta.
  7. 2023–2024Engineering ManagerMetaConsumer hardware and software launches
    • Led 15 engineers across 6 locations and owned release readiness.
    • Test and launch infrastructure that improved operational efficiency about 65% and cut defect rates about 45%.
    • Set planning cadences, ownership structures and escalation paths, and reported status and risk to leadership so decisions did not stall.
  8. 2022–2023Engineering ManagerTwitterMulti-team engineering organisation
    • Scaled the organisation from about 45 to about 75 people across teams and time zones, and put in place the management structure, ownership map and delivery accountability.
    • One release standard shared by product, security and compliance. Defect resolution time dropped about 50%.
    • Leadership development and feedback systems that improved retention about 15%.
  9. 2021–2022Senior QA LeadAppleFlagship launches
    • Shipped 8 flagship launches on fixed ship dates: three AirPods generations, two iPhone/iOS releases, two Apple Watch releases and one Apple TV.
    • Coordinated engineering, programme and operations against one readiness bar, and cut customer-reported issues about 20%.
    • Ran failure analysis with vendors in China and Vietnam and cut turnaround about 35%.
  10. 2018–2021Director of OperationsJones Construction BrosRailroad construction
    • Ran day-to-day operations for field teams of about 50 across multiple active sites.
    • Delivered 20+ multimillion-dollar projects, about 95% on time and 98% within budget.
    • Introduced project management and reporting rhythms that shortened timelines about 15%.
  11. 2016–2017Military service
  12. 2011–2016Co-founder & CPOThe Diary CorporationDigital health
    • Raised about $3.9M including a Series A, working directly with investors and the board.
    • Grew the team from 4 to 12 and improved retention about 50% using customer feedback and usage data.
    • Built the partnerships and distribution behind its growth, and set up the 2016 acquisition by a health-tech firm.

Skills

  • Organisation and operations

    • Org design
    • Reporting lines
    • Decision rights
    • Operating cadence
    • Quarterly planning and OKRs
    • Business reviews
    • KPI dashboards
    • Operating playbooks
    • Board and investor updates
    • Internal communications
    • Multi-office and new-market setup
    • Special projects

  • People and culture

    • Hiring and interview loops
    • Onboarding programmes
    • HRIS design
    • Employment packages
    • Manager enablement
    • Performance cycles
    • Levels and compensation
    • Culture principles
    • Pulse surveys
    • Offsites and events
    • Distributed teams

  • Finance

    • Forecasting
    • Budgeting
    • Unit economics
    • Pricing
    • Grants and R&D tax credits
    • Bookkeeping and audit prep
    • Fundraising
    • Company sales
    • Vendor negotiation

  • Legal and compliance

    • Commercial agreements
    • Employment agreements
    • Contract frameworks
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • ISO 27001
    • SOC 2
    • Security audits

  • Go-to-market

    • Outbound sales
    • Partnerships
    • Conference sponsorships
    • Event programmes
    • Website and content
    • SEO and GEO

  • Systems and technical

    • Internal tools
    • Workflow automation
    • CRM selection and migration
    • Workspace setup
    • Swift
    • CI/CD and release processes

Education

  • M.S. Computer Science University of Maryland