I've worked with Brett on basically every project I've done in my career. We've worked as peers. I've worked for him, and he's worked for me. I couldn't recommend him highly enough.
There is nothing Brett can't do at an elite level. Not only can he set technical direction, scale products, manage people, and lead teams, but he can also design, write code, build and administer servers, and get deep into the infrastructure himself. And he's done all of this across consumer apps and enterprise SaaS, even building complex systems in regulated industries.
Brett and I go back to the days when we had to manually install SSL certs and integrate payment processors pre-Stripe. His technical depth comes from having done things the hard way, but he also recognizes when there's a better way. I've watched him do exactly that with AI, adopting new tools as they've emerged and developing genuinely AI-native workflows.
Beyond all of that, Brett is a genuinely great person and a joy to work with. He communicates clearly with everyone from CEOs to junior developers and interns, and he treats people at every level with the same respect.
He's exactly the person I'd want leading technology and product at my company.