Build. Scale. Fix. Exit.

Technology executive with 20 years building companies from zero to exit. Former VP at Two Sigma and CoinDesk.

The difference: I run a one-person firm with team-level output. I manage AI agent teams the way I used to manage engineering teams. Executive judgment and execution speed, one package.
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20+
Years Experience
28M
Users Scaled To
50+
Engineers Managed
3
Acquisitions Led

What Stage Are You At?

I organize my work by the problem you're facing, not by buzzwords or service categories.

Build

Zero to one, fast

You have an idea, a market opportunity, or a mandate to build something new. You need someone who can go from whiteboard to working system.

  • GoStudy / Founded edtech platform, scaled to 65 countries
  • ACE Portal / Founding hire, NYSE partnership, acquired
  • CoinDesk Indices / Built data products for BTC ETFs

Scale

Growth without chaos

You've found product-market fit. Now you need to grow the users, the team, the infrastructure, without everything falling apart.

  • CoinDesk / 1M to 28M users, 300% engagement increase
  • CoinDesk / Scaled engineering 1 to 25 people
  • Two Sigma / 10x latency improvement at hedge fund scale

Fix

Turn the mess into an asset

Technical debt is killing velocity. Performance is bad. The previous team made questionable decisions and now you're stuck with them.

  • ArtBinder / 95% bug reduction, 100x latency improvement
  • ArtBinder / Turnaround led to Volaris acquisition
  • Multiple startups / Inherited and modernized legacy systems

Exit

Ready for the deal

You're acquiring a company and need to know what you're buying. Or you're selling and need your tech to pass diligence.

  • TradeBlock → CoinDesk / Led acquisition and integration
  • ACE Portal → Beneficient / Led technical due diligence
  • ArtBinder → Volaris / Turnaround to acquisition

AI-Native Executive

I spent 20 years learning how to orchestrate engineering teams. Now I orchestrate AI agent teams. Same judgment, different leverage.

Most consultants advise but don't build. Or they build but lack strategic judgment. I do both.

You get one person with 20 years of experience and the output of a small team.

  • Strategic Work

    I think about your problems the way a VP or CTO would. What's the real issue? What should we prioritize?

  • Execution Work

    I don't hand off to junior staff. I build it myself: code, analysis, documentation, prototypes.

  • Speed

    Work that takes traditional consultants weeks takes me days. I've figured out a different way of working.

About

I'm Parker Ferguson, a technology executive who's spent 20 years building companies from zero to exit.

I was VP Product at Two Sigma, a $60 billion hedge fund, where I led trading platform engineering. Before that, VP Technology & Product at CoinDesk, where I scaled the engineering org from 1 to 25, grew traffic from 1M to 28M users, and led the acquisition of TradeBlock.

I've been a CTO, a VP of Engineering, a founder. I've built products for Kenny Loggins, Marvel, and the New York Stock Exchange. I have a music degree from Berklee. I'm not a one-dimensional tech person.

After Two Sigma, I relocated to Santa Barbara with my family. Now I run an AI-native practice, helping companies build, scale, fix, and exit faster than traditional approaches allow.

Experience

  • Two Sigma VP Product
  • CoinDesk VP Technology & Product
  • Qineqt SVP Engineering
  • ACE Portal CTO
  • ArtBinder VP Engineering
  • GoStudy Founder & CEO

Education

  • Berklee College of Music B.M. Music Business

Let's Talk

I'd like to hear what you're working on.

parkerferguson@gmail.com