Chris Fischer

Wolf of Williamsburg / The endeavors

Reonomy

CTO and VP Product, New York / 2015–2017

At Reonomy I was CTO and VP Product. I led the redesign of the core data systems so the product could scale to new markets, built the entire product development practice, and went from under $1M to over $8M ARR in two years. We also established ML-based valuation and prospecting.

Reonomy was acquired by Altus Group.

From the archive

  1. The Long Way HereI build technology companies, work with startups, run and ride bikes, fix old houses, and start more side projects than I need.
  2. The Network Kept WorkingA recruiter from Reonomy, a product colleague from Peek, and friends from the Shutterstock years all resurfaced while I built the team around Aaptiv.
  3. The New Job Was RecruitingJoining Aaptiv meant building the team, and I needed people who could help me find engineering, technology, operations, and business leaders.
  4. After Work Kept GoingMy move to Aaptiv happened faster than I planned, while spinning, a stress fracture, apartment repairs, and friends' startup questions filled the edges.
  5. I Feel Fucking GreatI resigned from Reonomy, accepted Aaptiv's CTO and VP Product role, and started learning the mobile stack before my first day.
  6. What Do I Do Today?While I was considering a role at Aaptiv, I tried the workouts and wrote Ethan about navigation, training plans, class data, and recommendations.
  7. I Hired No ManagersAt Reonomy, I hired individual contributors with room to grow and promoted managers from the product and engineering team.
  8. I Needed a Peaceful NightAfter thinking nonstop about an offer from Aaptiv, I declined because I still wanted to build a company from the beginning.
  9. Something More RewardingReonomy had become hard enough that I stopped casually wondering about other jobs and started a real search.
  10. I Put in NoticeI put in notice at Reonomy, watched the organization change around me, then chose to stay long enough to protect the mobile-home-park deal before flying to Paris.
  11. Continuously Shipping ValueA newly created engineering-director role recognized the kind of cross-team leadership Reonomy needed next.
  12. Forty-Eight WeeksReonomy was looking beyond the usual recruiting channels, and a nearby startup pointed me to a full-year engineering internship program from NUS.

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