Brent McCullough
MBA · BSEE
Summary
- Scaled RedAwning vacation rental platform from pre-launch to $100M annual revenue as Chief Product Officer, achieving industry-leading margins in a highly competitive market
- 20+ years of product and technology leadership spanning FDA-regulated medtech, AI-native SaaS, and high-scale consumer platforms — rare breadth across regulated and consumer tech
- AI/ML expertise with modern stack including LangGraph, LLM APIs, agentic systems, and scalable data processing pipelines (270K+ profiles)
- Proven mobile and marketplace builder specializing in API connectivity, 2-sided B2B2C platforms, and 25+ third-party integrations across 15+ years leading engineering and product teams
Experience
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Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
PeriOptima.ai- Defined product vision and roadmap for an AI-driven perioperative care platform, translating complex surgical workflows into intuitive experiences for physicians and patients across the full care journey
- Designed and shipped a Flutter-based cross-platform patient and care team app (iOS, Android, Web) from zero to launch
- Designed agentic AI architecture and LLM integration strategy powering real-time clinical decision support and personalized recovery pathways
- Built risk prediction model for identifying high-risk surgical patients pre- and post-op; architected data pipelines supporting continuous monitoring and multi-source clinical data ingestion
- Architected FHIR-compatible backend enabling EHR integration with Epic and Cerner; designed HIPAA-compliant data architecture including PHI handling, security controls, and access management
- Defined wearables and medical device integration strategy for continuous perioperative monitoring
- Recruited and hired the founding engineering team; established agile workflows, technical standards, and delivery practices
- Led investor pitch narrative and fundraising demos
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Product and Technology Consultant
Ascend OS- Launched agentic AI professional networking platform using LangGraph, Temporal, and diverse LLMs
- Built data intelligence system processing 270,000+ professional profiles with cost-optimized research pipelines
- Drove 50%+ account creation rate through strategic onboarding optimization and UX redesign
- Established engineering foundation with agile workflows, technical standards, deployment pipelines, and AI coding tools
- Ran high-engagement (80%+) networking events in the high-net-worth space
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Founder / CEO
ADHDAlly- Built and launched a consumer productivity app for neurodivergent users (ADHD affects 5%–13% of the global population) — iOS, Android, and Web, live in major app stores
- Sole owner of product, engineering, branding, and go-to-market; achieved product-market fit and sustainable revenue
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Chief Product Officer
Sēkr (Acquired)- Launched paid subscription offering, offline functionality, and premium map content — drove 30–50% MoM revenue growth
- Launched social chat feature that increased in-app engagement 50%
- Led React Native refactor delivering ~10x improvement in app load speed
- Integrated real-time API with the largest public campground database in the US
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Head of Product
MyVR (Acquired)- Reoriented product strategy toward high-value market segments, accelerating closed deals from near-zero to several per week
- Managed product requirements and delivery for key clients worth several $100K ARR
- Refined API connectivity with Booking.com, Airbnb, and Expedia to improve distribution conversion
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Chief Product Officer
RedAwning.com- Scaled platform from first employee to ~$100M annual revenue, sustaining ~300% yearly growth with industry-leading margins
- Launched 25+ API integrations for property content and reservations with Booking.com, Expedia, HomeAway, and Airbnb — reaching ~10% of partner vacation rental inventory and revenue
- Designed workflow-based synchronization using Docker and AWS ECS capable of processing tens of millions of records per day
- Designed and launched CRM-based sales and marketing automation servicing thousands of leads per day — reduced lead response time from several hours to under one minute
- Launched mobile React Native app targeting guests and property managers
- Grew organization to 150+ employees across 3 global offices; managed 30 engineers and 3 product managers
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Lead Engineer
PhotoMed Technologies / AGI- Led FDA 510k submission process for a programmable medical light source; developed ISO/FDA-compliant V&V strategy, documentation, and engineering operating procedures
- Designed hardware and firmware for medical thermal imaging products including PID control systems, thermal-electric coolers, and FPGA-based image sequencing logic
- Co-authored patent for a key proprietary technology in medical light source control; designed specifications for a proprietary low-power 2.5GHz wireless protocol
- Gained experience with hard real-time systems, embedded microcontrollers, serial buses, and thermal imaging sensors