Tom Barrasso
Build • Align • Deliver
10+ years launching zero-to-one technical products from strategy to delivery. Experienced in developer tools, mobile apps, privacy compliance, healthcare, and consumer applications.
Work Experience
Head of Developer Relations
Sept 2024 - Dec 2025
- Created Cloud Phone for Developers site and published 5 open-source apps & libraries
- Captured and analyzed developer signals to define product needs around platform usability
- Drove platform adoption and grew developer community via social media management, podcasts, video, guest articles, and global in-person talks
- Secured partnerships with top South Asian telecom & media firms to launch 6 enterprise apps
Staff Technical Program Manager
Feb 2022 - Sept 2024
- Executed company-wide data governance programs ensuring compliance with international privacy regulations including GDPR, DMA, DSA, CCPA, and ePD
- Architected a scalable developer experience metrics framework, quantifying productivity and onboarding friction using time-to-proficiency and time-in-motion analysis
- Led execution to integrate and scale Privacy Aware Infrastructure (PAI) across 150+ use cases in under 1 year, mitigating €14B+ in regulatory risk
- Automated annual compliance audits, reducing operational costs by 75% YoY
Technical Program Manager II
Apr 2020 - Jan 2022
- Unblocked Amazon Pharmacy launch by orchestrating security certification across 54 services, 25 teams, and 1 external vendor in a single quarter
- Reduced user-facing SEV1 load by 60% leading critical distributed data replication improvements
- Drove development of Supply Chain Standards auditing tool for global compliance initiatives
Software Development Engineer II
Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
Architected sales tax calculation and reporting engine, processing 10M+ txn/month
Refactored insurance claim adjudication service for high availability (five nines: 99.999%)
UX Engineer
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
- Led front-end engineering team launching redesigned John Hancock Investments website
- Developed interactive prototypes and component libraries for Marriott, Manulife, and Merck
Research Associate
Finch Therapeutics
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Boston, MA
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
- Standardized GC-MS methodology for short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) analysis, improving analytical consistency and throughput by shortening run times more than 80%
Research Assistant
UMass Biogeochemistry
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Amherst, MA
Sept 2014 - May 2016
- Conducted undergraduate thesis research linking fecal biomarkers to paleoclimate patterns and human habitation, presented at 2015 GSA Conference
Software Engineer
July 2012 - July 2013
- Independently developed the first version of the blueprint reader PlanGrid for Android tablets
CSAIL Teaching Fellow
Sept 2011 - June 2012
- Lectured & graded for CS50 & CS75: Introduction to Computer Science and Web Development
Software Intern
May 2010 - Aug 2011
- Developed the TextMyFood prototype, a service for restaurants to receive orders via SMS
Projects
Founder, PodLP
March 2020 - Present
Built and monetized PodLP, a podcast app for flip phones surpassing 10M+ installs across 175+ countries generating $100K+ lifetime revenue
Android Developer
Sept 2010 - Oct 2015
Developed and published 12+ Android applications including StatusBar+, ChargeBar, and Noyze, totaling 2M+ installs resulting in 2 successful acquisitions