Vice President of Engineering at Potentialife
From December 2015 to November 2017, Ciprian Spiridon served as Vice President of Engineering at Potentialife, based in London, United Kingdom.
Joined as the third employee, built the engineering function and took a leadership-development product from zero to enterprise SaaS.
What the role required
Ciprian joined Potentialife as its third employee and built the engineering department while the company expanded across eight offices.
The product grew from zero into a SaaS platform spanning iOS, Android, web, CMS and APIs. It was adopted by enterprise clients including Sainsbury’s and Barclays.
Because the platform handled executive behavioural data, personal journals and location information, information security was part of the product architecture and operating model from the beginning—not a certification exercise added after enterprise adoption.
What I built and changed
- Built the product from zero across five surfaces.Launched a connected SaaS experience across iOS, Android, web, CMS and APIs rather than treating each client as a separate implementation.
- Built the engineering organization from the third employee onward.Created the department, team structure and delivery practices as the company grew to seventy people working across eight international offices.
- Took the platform into major enterprises.Delivered the product and operating controls needed for adoption by clients including Sainsbury’s and Barclays.
- Made security part of the architecture.Led ISO 27001 and SOC 2 programmes for a product handling behavioural data, private journals and location information, building enterprise trust into the platform itself.
- Improved engagement through product research.Used customer research to drive a full experience redesign that increased engagement by 27%.