Greg Matthew Crossley

Neomind Labs, Philladelphia

Senior Rails Engineer • 2021 — Present

I often describe my work at Neomind Labs as being "palliative care for old web applications". I work with a team of developers to maintain and improve a roster of about 20 legacy Ruby on Rails apps, mostly business-critical apps for small to medium sized enterprises. I also provide mentorship to our junior developers.

Flash Forest, Toronto

Director of Engineering • 2020 — 2021

As Flash Forest’s employee #1, I developed the technology that enabled the company to pursue its mission of planting 1 billion trees by 2028.

• I designed and fabricated the company’s first automated drone-mounted tree planting device.
• As the company grew, I developed and executed their technology roadmap. My responsibilities include developing seed pod deployers, flight pathfinding software, automated drone piloting software and cloud-based data warehousing systems.
• I led a talented team of 20 engineers (aerospace, software and mechanical) to ideate, prototype, test and refine Flash Forest’s proprietary tree-planting software and hardware.

Checklick, Toronto

Co-Founder and CTO • 2011 — 2020

I, along with my business partner, created Checklick - a web platform and app that helps amateur sporting associations keep track of young athletes’ progress.

• My primary focus was building our Ruby on Rails monolith web application. I built the current iteration of the platform, and later, maintained and expanded it with a team of remote developers.
• I was also the creator of Checklick Storefront, a Stripe-powered e-commerce add-on to Checklick, which processed over $4M CAD in payments per year for sport clubs and recreation centers.
• As of 2020, Checklick had over 140,000 users in 26 countries, and maintained a 25% year-over-year gross revenue growth since its launch.

The MIBRO Group, Toronto

Senior Product Designer • 2011 — 2014

As the senior product designer at MIBRO, I was responsible for delivering innovative and attractive packaging designs for MIBRO's products. I also designed space and cost efficient merchandising systems (such as racks, hangers and other devices) to showcase and sell MIBRO's products in store. Near the end of my tenure, I led a small team of creatives (industrial and graphic designers).

Connell Wagner Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia

Electrical Engineer • 2004 — 2006

I managed the concurrent rollout of nearly 100 cellular base stations for Australian carrier Optus. I also authored several winning bids for design work on state-owned RailCorp electrical systems, resulting in new billings totaling over $1,500,000.