Stef Hogan

Builder · Operator · Always in Motion

The Fire Pit

Thinking out loud about building — in tech, in life, and everything in between.

From my Substack, In Motion

A weekend of building, learning, and good energy in Louisville KY

I recently wrote about why teams should create less documentation.

Documentation used to be hard.

The journey so far — one stop at a time.

Jun 2026 – Present

Product Lead

◆Own product strategy and delivery for assigned clients
◆Align business, engineering, compliance, and legal stakeholders from discovery through delivery
◆Explore AI-enabled product and operational workflows to cut manual effort

Oct 2023 – May 2026

Director of Engineering & Product Operations

◆Led product & engineering operations across a multi-squad org, partnering with execs on operating models and planning
◆Built product prioritization and intake frameworks linking customer and business needs to roadmap decisions
◆Rebuilt Jira Cloud workflows across four teams — 30% faster cycle time

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023

Engineering Operations Lead

◆Partnered with CTO and CPO to implement prioritization and delivery framework
◆Stabilized teams during periods of reorganization and growth
◆Designed project and quality reporting metrics for predictability and transparency

Nov 2021 – Oct 2022

Scrum and Delivery Lead

◆Led GoCart's infrastructure migration to Skipify in under 90 days, ahead of schedule
◆Acted as connective tissue between product and engineering
◆Introduced agile delivery metrics and strengthened core delivery rituals

Jul 2020 – Nov 2021

Lead Scrum Master

◆Led large-scale software deprecation initiative — $11M in annual cost savings
◆Improved engineering delivery predictability from ~60% to over 90%
◆Contributed to org-wide shift from project-based to value stream–based execution

Dec 2019 – Jul 2020