Built by Engineers,Led by Engineers
Our leadership team brings 100+ combined years of experience from the world’s top engineering organizations — AWS, Google, Stripe, Meta, OpenAI, and more. They didn’t leave to build a typical consulting firm. They left to build the firm they always wished existed.
The People Driving Fixl Forward
Alex Chen
CEO & Co-Founder
Alex co-founded Fixl after 10 years at Amazon Web Services, where he was a Principal Engineer leading distributed systems for S3 and EC2. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Wharton. At Fixl, Alex drives overall strategy, culture, and enterprise relationships.
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Sarah Patel
CTO & Co-Founder
Sarah was a Staff Engineer at Google for 8 years, leading the ML infrastructure team responsible for systems serving billions of daily predictions. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT, specializing in distributed machine learning. She built Fixl's engineering practices from the ground up.
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Marcus Rivera
Chief Product Officer
Marcus joined Fixl from Stripe where he was VP of Product overseeing developer tools and APIs. He has a proven track record of building product teams that marry great UX with technical depth. Previously at Twilio and Segment, Marcus has shipped products used by millions of developers worldwide.
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Priya Sharma
VP of Engineering
Priya joined Fixl from Meta where she directed engineering teams of 60+ engineers across AI and infrastructure. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, with research published in top ML conferences. She is passionate about building diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
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James O'Brien
Head of Security & Compliance
James brings 16 years of information security expertise, having served as CISO at two fintech companies and led security at Cloudflare. He holds CISSP, CISM, and OSCP certifications and has guided organizations through ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA compliance programs.
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Elena Volkov
Head of Client Engineering
Elena leads client-facing engineering across all engagements. She spent 10 years at ThoughtWorks as a Principal Consultant and delivery director, working with companies across financial services, retail, and healthcare. She is an expert in agile transformations and enterprise architecture modernization.
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David Kim
Head of Cloud & Infrastructure
David is a cloud infrastructure expert with 12 years of experience designing and operating systems at hyperscale. Previously an Azure Principal Architect at Microsoft, he led the design of multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure serving enterprise clients. David holds multiple AWS, Azure, and GCP certifications.
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Aisha Okonkwo
Head of AI Engineering
Aisha leads Fixl's AI Engineering practice, building the next generation of AI-native products for clients. Formerly at OpenAI and Anthropic, she has shipped multiple production LLM applications used by millions. She holds a PhD in Natural Language Processing from Carnegie Mellon.
Previously at
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Leadership Philosophy
Three core beliefs that shape how we engage with every client, every team member, and every challenge.
Outcomes Over Hours
We measure success by the business outcomes we create, not the time we spend. Our incentives are aligned with yours.
Engineers as Partners
We embed our engineers as true partners — attending standups, contributing to roadmap discussions, and owning results.
Radical Knowledge Transfer
Everything we build, we document. We ensure your team can maintain, extend, and understand every system we create.
Advisory Board
Renowned experts who challenge our thinking and guide our long-term strategy.
Prof. Robert Langley
Technical Advisor
Stanford University
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford. Former Chief Scientist at Yahoo. Expert in distributed systems and large-scale data processing.
Mia Tanaka
Product Advisor
Former CPO, Slack
Former Chief Product Officer at Slack and VP Product at Dropbox. Angel investor in 30+ developer-tools companies.
Carlos Mendez
Growth Advisor
Sequoia Capital
Partner at Sequoia Capital specializing in enterprise software. Previously CEO of two successful SaaS exits in the DevOps space.
Dr. Fatima Al-Hassan
AI Ethics Advisor
MIT Media Lab
Director of the AI Ethics Lab at MIT Media Lab. Advises governments and enterprises on responsible AI deployment and governance.
Board of Directors
Thomas Greene
Independent Board Member
Former CFO, GitHub
Serial technology executive with 25 years of experience. Former CFO at GitHub through its $7.5B acquisition by Microsoft.
Sophia Chen
Investor Board Member
Andreessen Horowitz
General Partner at a16z focused on enterprise software and developer infrastructure. Led investments in Vercel, Replit, and Linear.
William Park
Independent Board Member
Former CTO, Shopify
Former CTO at Shopify and VP Engineering at Stripe. Now runs a portfolio of engineering-focused startups.
Recent Talks & Publications
Our leaders share knowledge at the world’s top conferences and in industry publications.
Scaling AI Engineering Teams at Enterprise Speed
Building LLM Pipelines That Actually Work in Production
Zero-Downtime Migrations at Scale
The Future of Client-Partner Engineering Models
SOC 2 Without the Theater: A Practical Approach
Talk to OurLeadership Team
Have a strategic challenge? Our leadership team is directly accessible for senior-level conversations about your technology roadmap.