Software architect and technical product leader with 14+ years of experience translating complex business problems into scalable software solutions. Partner closely with stakeholders to define technical strategy, architecture systems, and guide implementation from early product definition through production. Background spans full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, platform modernization, developer experience, and engineering leadership in high-scale regulated environments. Passionate about building thoughtful, reliable software and partnering with founders, product teams, and business leaders to turn ambitious ideas into measurable products.

William F. Hayslett Jr.

Software architect and technical product leader with 14+ years of experience translating complex business problems into scalable software solutions. Partner closely with stakeholders to define technical strategy, architecture systems, and guide implementation from early product definition through production. Background spans full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, platform modernization, developer experience, and engineering leadership in high-scale regulated environments. Passionate about building thoughtful, reliable software and partnering with founders, product teams, and business leaders to turn ambitious ideas into measurable products.

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Software architect and technical product leader with 14+ years of experience translating complex business problems into scalable software solutions. Partner closely with stakeholders to define technical strategy, architecture systems, and guide implementation from early product definition through production.

Background spans full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, platform modernization, developer experience, and engineering leadership in high-scale regulated environments. Passionate about building thoughtful, reliable software and partnering with founders, product teams, and business leaders to turn ambitious ideas into measurable products.

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Work Experience

Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Asurion
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2026
Partnered with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable technical solutions; led architecture and delivery from product definition through production. Architected and led delivery of a modern Business Rules Management System (BRMS), replacing a legacy platform with a scalable in-house solution that reduced business rules by ~85% while improving maintainability, governance, and operational efficiency. Led and developed 30+ engineers and engineering leaders across multiple backend, platform, and full-stack teams. Directed modernization of legacy commercial off-the-shelf systems to open-source, microservice-based architectures, driving major gains in performance, cost efficiency, and developer velocity. Established engineering standards and operating rhythms (roadmap planning, delivery accountability, metrics, retrospectives, and post-incident reviews) to drive continuous improvement in reliability and delivery. Drove cross-function
Technical Lead, Software Engineer 3 and 4 at Asurion
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021
Architected and implemented Canary & Blue-Green deployment strategies to reduce risk, increase service resilience, and eliminate service downtime. Engineered a declarative framework to manage both infrastructure and code delivery requirements, accelerating release velocity and cutting deployment cycles by ~75%. Developed and led enhancements to automated testing in CI/CD pipelines, integrating unit, integration, and security testing to reduce manual QA efforts by >80%. Partnered across engineering, DevOps, and product organizations to establish software engineering and security best practices that improved delivery consistency and platform quality.
Implementation Engineer at Power Reviews
September 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016
Led API integrations to connect PowerReviews software with client websites, shopping carts, and backend systems. Managed end-to-end software implementations from technical discovery and requirements gathering through deployment, customization, testing, and customer enablement. Conducted data mapping, testing, and training to ensure accurate review collection, platform optimization, and client adoption.
Software Developer and Lead Consultant at Elegity
April 1, 2013 - May 1, 2015
Developed robust web-based solutions using BPM tooling, .NET, and SQL Server. Worked directly with clients to understand business processes, gather requirements, and translate them into scalable BPM-based software solutions.
Customer Support and Quality Assurance Coordinator at Elegity
August 1, 2012 - May 1, 2015
Enhanced product quality by creating test plans and conducting rigorous system testing. Defined and enforced support procedures, increasing issue resolution efficiency by >50%.

Education

Master of Arts at John F. Kennedy University
January 1, 2009 - July 15, 2026
Bachelor of Science at Tennessee State University
January 1, 2006 - July 15, 2026

Qualifications

GIA C
January 11, 2030 - July 15, 2026
GWAPT
January 11, 2030 - July 15, 2026
GSSP-JAVA
January 11, 2030 - July 15, 2026
GSEC
January 11, 2030 - July 15, 2026
GWEB
January 11, 2030 - July 15, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services

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