Michael Watts

CTO and staff-level software engineer for product teams that need senior technical judgment.

I build and lead web, mobile, AI-enabled, consumer, and enterprise software efforts. My work spans early product definition, architecture, hands-on implementation, team leadership, and pragmatic AI-assisted development.

Current Focus

Technical leadership for teams moving from ambiguity to shipped systems.

20+ years
consumer, enterprise, web, and mobile software
Staff+
CTO, staff, principal, senior IC, and team lead roles
AI tooling
agentic development workflows and engineering quality controls

Experience across product and platform teams

Consumer health and fitness CTO Eternal
Enterprise products Staff Engineer Square
Enterprise security Principal Engineer Cisco Tetration Analytics
Consumer fitness Senior Engineer Strava

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