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Michelle Alexander

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VP Engineering at Fanatics
📍 New York, New York, United States

Michelle Alexander is the VP of Engineering at Fanatics, where she leads the Fan Ecosystem Organization. With a background from Columbia University and previous leadership roles at SeatGeek and Spotify, she excels in guiding teams through hypergrowth, focusing on building resilient engineering organizations that thrive on innovation and product delivery.

She is passionate about mentorship and leadership development, having discovered a love for teaching and helping others grow early in her career. Michelle finds great satisfaction in empowering her team members and enabling their success, a journey that began when she first mentored an intern while working as an engineer.

Unique fact: Michelle co-authored a research publication on "Birdsnap, " a project focused on the large-scale, fine-grained visual categorization of birds.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
VP Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Resilient Engineering Orgs
She is a conference speaker on using systems thinking to build resilient engineering teams that can navigate industry changes and the evolution of AI.
Leadership and Mentorship
She is passionate about developing talent, helping senior engineers find fulfilling career paths, and gets as much satisfaction from her team's accomplishments as her own.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
VP Engineering
Fanatics
7-2023 - 7-2024
Senior Director of Engineering, Platform
SeatGeek
8-2022 - 7-2023
Senior Director of Engineering, Consumer
SeatGeek
8-2020 - 7-2022
Director of Engineering, Consumer
SeatGeek
4-2023 - 4-2024
Founding Member
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Education
Master of Science (MS)
Columbia Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Northeastern University
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