Jeff Stickel

Jeff Stickel has over 30 years of work experience. Jeff began their career in 1990 as an Advanced ESE at Electronic Data Systems. In 1996, they joined Theoris as an Associate Partner, where they mentored other consultants on general consulting, communication, and collaboration skills. In 1999, they moved to FICO as a Technical Program Manager and specialized in J2EE application development in the CRM space. In 2007, they founded Forerunner Consulting, where they provided enterprise application architecture, development and integration services for web-based and service-oriented IT initiatives. In 2009, they became the Owner and Principal Consultant at Forerunner Consulting. In 2012, they joined Salesforce as a Senior Director of Software Development. In 2018, they became the Chief Technology Officer at Kerauno, where they transformed the way in which the company delivered software. In 2020, they held the roles of Senior Director of Engineering at Rue Gilt Groupe and Director of Engineering at Reify Health.

Jeff Stickel obtained a Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Illinois State University between 1986 and 1990. Jeff then went on to earn a Masters of Science in Computer and Information Science from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis between 1999 and 2001.