Sean McGrath

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director of Engineering at Dorsia

New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Sean McGrath is the Director of Engineering at Dorsia, leading teams in hospitality tech. An alumnus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B. S. in Physics and Computer Science, he has deep experience across the web stack and has founded a venture-backed SaaS company, LaunchPad, where he successfully raised millions in funding.

Outside of his core engineering leadership, Sean has a passion for helping others in the tech community. He offers recruiting services to assist founders and executives with hiring great engineers. He actively supports his network, frequently recommending talented individuals for new opportunities and sharing job openings.

Unique Fact: He was awarded the Cook Scholarship for outstanding outreach and teaching in physics during his time at university.

Personality Overview

Enthusiastic

Full Of Energy

Relationship Oriented

They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.  Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions.

Topics They Care About

Leading Technical Teams
He builds, leads, and inspires technical teams, currently managing the Hospitality R&D and Platform Engineering teams at Dorsia.
Recruiting Engineers
States that hiring great engineers was the hardest part of building his company and now offers recruiting services to help other founders.
AI Coding Tools
He led the deployment of AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code across the R&D department in his previous role at SeatGeek.

Media Appearances

Sean has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Director of Engineering at Dorsia
4-2024 - 8-2025
Engineering Manager at SeatGeek
11-2023 - 4-2024
Senior Software Engineer II at SeatGeek
9-2021 - 11-2023
Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer at LaunchPad
2-2020 - 9-2021
Lead Software Engineer at Hopper

Education

2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Commonwealth Honors College, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Insights For Selling To Sean

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation

DONT's

  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sean is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sean

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sean move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Sean take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Sean

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