Pete Woodhouse

Hey all, I'm Pete. Most recently I was CTO of PayPal's Credit Division, which included consumer credit (formerly BillMeLater), Merchant Lending (PPWC), and a number of other deferred payment products. Right now I'm taking a mid-career sabbatical, doing some learning, some sailing, a few other personal projects, and giving some time back to my family. I'm based in San Jose, CA. I've managed software engineering organizations on and off since 1994, either as a direct manager or during a five year stint as a management consultant. Companies include H-P, Agilent, Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, PayPal and more. I've built and managed teams of up to 350 engineers, in 10(ish) countries and across the US. I think that leading engineers is one of the best jobs in the world, and hope to do whatever I can to improve this skill, but also to continue to learn from all of you.