John Van Osdel

John Van Osdel has a diverse work experience spanning different roles and companies. John is currently the Director of Ecommerce Engineering at GrandPad since 2022. Prior to this, they worked as the Principal Consultant at Van Osdel Consulting from 2021 to 2022, offering pro bono consulting services in architecture assessments, DevOps assessments and planning, M&A technology reviews, technology roadmap reviews, project assessments, and cloud migration strategy.

Before that, John held multiple roles at Lifetouch, a photography company. From 2019 to 2021, they served as the Senior Director of Engineering, responsible for coordinating engineering functions, managing a team of employees and contractors, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software aligned with product roadmaps using Agile methodologies. John also was the Director of Architecture and DevOps Engineering from 2016 to 2019, overseeing the National Schools Application Portfolio Architecture and managing the DevOps Engineering practice. Additionally, they served as the Manager of Systems Architecture from 2013 to 2016, leading the System Architect team and collaborating with business partners to define project requirements and solutions. John started their tenure at Lifetouch as the Lead Systems Architect from 2005 to 2013, where they established the Engineering practice, defined application roadmaps, and ensured successful implementation.

Prior to Lifetouch, John worked as an Architect at Thomson Prometric from 2000 to 2005.

John Van Osdel has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Information Systems from Minnesota State University Moorhead. John has also obtained additional certifications, including Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) from Scrum Alliance in March 2022, and "Leading with Empathy" and "Leading at a Distance" from LinkedIn, obtained in March 2022 and November 2021, respectively.