Dustin Bachrach

United Talent Agency

Senior Vice President, EngineeringJul 2024 - Present

CTO MediaHound, UTA IQJun 2022 - Jul 2024

• Led engineering team including planning, architecture, CI/CD, security, testing, and best practices
• Completed full-stack development of core systems including data ingest pipelines, content-based recommender systems, APIs, web apps, and ML models (clustering, matching, NLP)
• Coached and mentored team members through 1:1s, team building, peer programming, and coding lessons
• Hired and grew the team thoughtfully and sustainably
• Worked directly with partners, gathering requirements, generating documentation, and participating in outreach and sales
• Strategically planned, developed long-term visions, and advocated for them to leadership

Notable Achievements

• Smoothly integrated MediaHound team into the UTA IQ team post-acquisition
• Shipped the IQ Insights Hub serving over 500 employees per month with a suite of data and analytics tools
• Worked hand-in-hand with UTA Roll Call to develop their platform leading to millions of dollars in revenue
• Helped organize the UTA Hackathon bringing together employees from over 20 departments to change the ethos of how UTA thinks about product and innovation
• Built UTA's current Authoritative Client Database, a foundational component used in all products

MediaHound (Acquired by UTA)

CTOMay 2014 - Jun 2022

• Sold through into some of the largest Smart TV manufacturers, talent agencies, movie studios, and streaming services
• Led the transition from traditional VMs to Kubernetes on AWS reducing infrastructure costs by 90%
• Developed DateNightMovies.com, which has served over 10 million recommendations and won two Webby awards

General Assembly LA

InstructorNov 2014 - Sep 2015

• Developed and taught inaugural iOS Development with Swift course
• Ranked as a top instructor based on student feedback
• “Dustin's combination of deep industry knowledge and approachability are a winning combination, and his efforts to make the learning scaffolded for the students is evident.” - GA Administrator

Airstrip

Senior iOS EngineerSep 2013 - May 2014

• Built iOS apps to enable healthcare professionals to remotely monitor patient EKGs

Microsoft

Software Development EngineerJun 2011 - Sep 2013

• Worked on the Windows Phone Developer Platform and Push Notifications
• Focused on API design, app compatibility, advanced debugging, design specifications, working with large codebases, and cross-team collaboration
• Spearheaded a novel internal Sublime Text extension that significantly improved team efficiency
• Received the Excellence in Execution Award

Shacked

Co-FounderNov 2009 - Dec 2011

• Shipped multiple iOS apps, most notably Flickpad
• Featured by Apple under New and Noteworthy and written up in MacWorld, Wired, The Huffington Post, and others