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Zachary Landes

Product Owner | Technical Project Manager | CTO

I lead the delivery of complex data systems in highly regulated environments.

Over the past 8 years, I’ve navigated the intersection of engineering and product—translating intricate regulatory requirements into reliable, production-ready platforms for climate research, healthcare, and geospatial intelligence.

Currently acting as CTO and Product Owner at Gridsafi, where I orchestrate the roadmap for an institutional geospatial intelligence platform.

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About

Technical leader with 8+ years of experience delivering software in regulated, data-heavy fields. I specialize in bridging the gap between complex business requirements and high-quality engineering execution.

I focus on managing the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept through to scaling production-ready systems. I combine a deep background in backend engineering with the leadership skills needed to prioritize backlogs, coordinate cross-functional teams, and maintain high-uptime environments.

Core Strengths

  • Product Ownership: Leading end-to-end roadmaps and prioritizing high-value feature sets.
  • Technical Project Management: Orchestrating sprint cycles and mitigating bottlenecks in delivery.
  • Compliance & Data: Deep expertise in federal climate data and regulated healthcare environments.
  • Stakeholder Management: Translating regulatory mandates into actionable engineering workstreams.

Featured Case Study

Global Change Information System (GCIS)

Coordinated the technical delivery of a federal platform supporting national climate transparency.

The Challenge

Critical climate datasets and research artifacts were fragmented, lacking the provenance required for federal transparency standards.

What I Led

  • Directed a team of 5 engineers to build a unified metadata system linking datasets, reports, and persistent identifiers.
  • Served as the technical bridge between program stakeholders and developers to scope complex provenance-focused features.
  • Improved data accuracy by 35% while maintaining 99.5% system uptime in a regulated federal environment.
  • Managed the roadmap for API and UI development to enable cross-agency data discovery.

Impact

  • Established a scalable foundation for cross-agency climate integration.
  • Enabled researchers to trace data provenance across thousands of federal climate artifacts.

Bet Collector

Prediction market aggregator and analytics platform for trading data.

betcollector.io

DebtDetector

Platform for credit report analysis and debt negotiation automation.

debtdetector.io

ThereYouAre

Data visualization tool for global cost-of-living comparisons.

thereyouare.xyz

ClearBill

Transparency tool for medical pricing and billing reconciliation.

clearmybill.app

  • Chief Technology Officer / Product Owner

    Gridsafi Geospatial Intelligence

    2026 – Present

    • Orchestrates the end-to-end technical product roadmap, translating strategic investment goals into actionable sprint backlogs and development cycles.
    • Drives the delivery of a geospatial intelligence platform from initial concept toward pilot deployment, ensuring alignment across data pipelines and infrastructure.
    • Owns delivery timelines and technical specifications, identifying and mitigating bottlenecks for an institutional geospatial intelligence platform.

  • Lead Developer / Technical Project Lead

    U.S. Global Change Research Program

    2019 – 2025

    • Led cross-functional delivery for a federal climate data platform, coordinating a team of 5 engineers.
    • Partnered with stakeholders to translate complex data requirements into production-ready platform improvements.
    • Maintained high-uptime (99.5%) systems in a regulated, high-transparency federal environment.

  • Software Developer / Technical Lead

    IdeaCrew

    2018 – 2019

    • Delivered enrollment features for healthcare exchange platforms used by 8,000+ monthly users.
    • Managed technical tradeoffs and implementation requirements for compliance-heavy features.
    • Participated in weekly agile releases and sprint planning in a highly regulated domain.

Currently open to Product Owner, PM, and TPM roles in high-stakes industries—including climate, fintech, and healthcare.