Collaborative.
Non-dogmatic.
Transparent.
Stride Believes
It's possible to meet and exceed delivery goals while leaving technology teams transformed for the better.
Our expert engineers, designers, and product managers collaborate deeply with our clients to build custom software and upskill their teams on best practices. The result? Products that scale as you grow, teams with greater efficiency, and lasting value for both your business and your users.
The Values that Guide Us
Nurture the curious impulse
Build your working relationships to be the best they can be
Make it better than you found it
Collaborate like the work depends on it
Challenge systems
Think of more options
The Stride Story
Stride was founded in 2014 by industry veteran and serial tech entrepreneur Debbie Madden.
As Chairwoman, Debbie brings over 25 years of leadership, scaling profitable technology startups, including SaaS platforms, professional services, e-commerce, and enterprise organizations, while driving excellence in business strategy, agility, operations, sales, and company culture.
Stride is proud to be a place where diversity of thought and experience combine to create truly high functioning teams, both within and for our clients.
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Debbie Madden
Founder, Chairwoman
Our Leadership Team
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Aaron Foster Breilyn writes music, code, and blog posts. Before working at Stride, he worked at Innovation Dept and Pivotal Labs. He loves TDD, agile, and Star Wars - not in that order!
A technologist and leader with 20+ years of experience, Eric thrives on building long-term, sustainable client relationships and supplying the best client experience possible. Eric brings a unique combination of consulting, technology, and product experience and has worked cross banking and finance, publishing, retail, EdTech and more.
Francisco Martin is an interdisciplinary technology executive with over a decade of technology and commercial leadership at global consulting and product organizations in North America, Latin America and Europe.
Caroline has 10 years of leading product teams and software delivery. Her experience in navigating delivery for both enterprises and scaleups has given her first-hand expertise in the critical balance between process optimization and flexibility.
Leaders at Stride
Alice Toth
Principal Designer
Dan Mason
Head of AI
Michael Wytock
Principal Software Engineer
Ramon "Ray" Veliz
Principal Software Engineer
Ken Judy
Senior Partner
Co-Location in a Hybrid World
Striders live across 15 states and across the globe.
We pride ourselves on our ability to seamlessly embed and co-locate with your team, both in-person and remotely. We pair a strong physical presence in NYC and Chicago, with thoughtful hybrid teams and are experts at working collaboratively in any environment. We work with you to identify the right mix of in-person/US teams vs remote onshore/nearshore hybrid teams to fit your needs.
We are committed to being your technology partner for life, providing the guidance and expertise your team needs to excel.
How Co-Location Works
Stride teams co-locate with you(whether in person or remote), by immersing ourselves in your processes and culture, ensuring we don't miss out on the crucial non-coding conversations and decision-making processes that happen every day.
This immersion allows us to meet you where you are at, while ensuring we bring bleeding edge technical expertise to your project. By pairing a focus on collaboration and transparency with the know-how to get stuff done right the first time, Stride teams accelerate your ability to achieve your goals.
