Don Lampert

Engineering Strategy • Organizational Leadership • Platform-Level Influence

Scalable Teams • Executive Alignment • Product Growth

About Me

I’m a software leader with experience building and scaling teams, products, and platform capabilities across startups, fintech, and enterprise environments. My work has centered on shaping platform strategy, leading high-performing organizations, and turning ambitious product ideas into reliable, user-focused outcomes in settings where quality, observability, and strong cross-functional alignment matter.

Relevant strengths

  • • Leading high-trust engineering organizations in fast-moving environments
  • • Shaping platform strategy and organizational direction at scale
  • • Translating ambiguous product goals into clear strategy, roadmaps, and execution frameworks
  • • Creating alignment across executive stakeholders, teams, and technical partners at scale
Platform Strategy
Organizational Leadership
Technical Leadership
Enterprise Delivery
Product Strategy
Reliability
Observability
Incident Response
System Design
Globalization
Operational Excellence
Scalable Systems
Cross-Functional Alignment
Developer Enablement
AI Enablement

Professional Experience

Vice President and Software Engineering Lead
2022-Present
Remote / US

Joined Morgan Stanley following the acquisition of blooom's team and technologies and assumed leadership responsibility for multiple development squads. I help shape strategy and execution across large-scale infrastructure spanning E*Trade and Morgan Stanley data centers, aligning teams, priorities, and cross-functional delivery while maintaining strong controls, reliability, and execution discipline. I also lead AI enablement and developer productivity initiatives that influence platform direction and organizational adoption at scale.

Platform Leadership
Enterprise Delivery
Developer Productivity
AI Enablement
Technical Team Lead
2016-2022
Leawood, KS -> Remote / US

Led team and product strategy for automated retirement account management, building a high-velocity fintech environment focused on scalable execution, stability, and automated rebalancing workflows in a fast-moving product setting.

Product Leadership
Platform Delivery
Scalable Systems
Automation
Software Engineer, Client Architecture
2014-2016
Shawnee, KS / US

Developed core components of a modern enterprise web application platform that unified content-oriented workflows across multiple products. This work emphasized architecture, platform thinking, and long-term extensibility, and it led to patentable innovation.

Platform Architecture
Enterprise Systems
Software Engineer, Globalization
2011-2014
Shawnee, KS / US

Specialized in internationalization and localization for enterprise content management software, leading a company-wide globalization effort and managing translation workflows across 10+ languages while improving release quality and process consistency.

Globalization
Operational Excellence
Enterprise Delivery
Software Engineer, Portable Aviation
2009-2011
Olathe, KS

Implemented flight data logging, flight plan importation/exportation, and checklists. Developed GUIs, user-map interactions, drag-able lists, and default page layouts.

Systems Thinking
Embedded Platforms

Selected Leadership & Product Work

Deferred Compensation on E*Trade
2026
Morgan Stanley

Led teams and delivery of deferred compensation experience on E*Trade, enabling employees to view and manage their deferred compensation accounts. This work involved cross-functional collaboration, platform integration, and ensuring a seamless user experience for high-value financial products.

React
Java
C#
MS SQL
Automated Retirement Account Management System
2018
blooom

Built a sophisticated automation platform to manage retirement accounts at scale, combining browser automation, backend services, and data workflows to support real-time portfolio actions and operational reliability.

Key Metrics:

Automated management of thousands of 401(k) and IRA accounts, reducing client services workload by 25%.

JavaScript
Node.js
Puppeteer
Chrome APIs
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
AWS
React
WebSockets
Enterprise Content Management Client Platform
2015
Lexmark International

Developed core components of an enterprise web application platform with advanced document management and workflow capabilities, emphasizing modular architecture and long-term adaptability.

JavaScript
Node.js
NPM
jQuery Globalize
Multi-Language Enterprise Globalization Platform
2013
Lexmark International

Led the design and implementation of a comprehensive internationalization system supporting 10+ languages for enterprise software, including custom translation management workflows and process automation.

C++
ICU
Perl

Patents

Granted
2020
US Patent #10,592,524

Innovative framework for handling web application contexts in enterprise environments, enabling seamless communication between web applications and native operating systems.

JavaScript
Node.js
C#
Granted
2019
US Patent #10,182,119

System and method for web application to native operating system communication, providing secure and efficient data exchange protocols for enterprise software solutions.

JavaScript
Node.js
C#
System Architecture
Applied
2016
Application #2016/0335328

Advanced automation system for document processing and workflow management in enterprise content management platforms, featuring intelligent routing and processing capabilities.

Machine Learning
Document Processing
Workflow Automation

Let's Connect

Interested in discussing engineering leadership, platform strategy, AI-enabled product development, or opportunities to build reliable software at scale? I’m always open to connecting with fellow professionals and exploring new challenges.