Terry Dear

With nearly 25 years of substantive technology experience, Terry serves as Stretto’s Vice President of Software Engineering, overseeing operational and development aspects of IT including Product Management, Application Development, and Enterprise/Business/Data Architectures. Directing a talented team of Software Engineers and Product Owners, Terry implements long and short term enterprise strategic envisioning and execution for Application Product Management and Development (SaaS, Back-Office Middleware, Cloud), focusing on protecting personally identifiable information and regulation (FedRamp, SOC1/SOC2) compliance. Utilizing an Application Lifecycle Management process, Terry maintains Stretto’s software agility. She collaborates with department leaders to negotiate technology vendor agreements while organizing workflows and content within communication and development tools. Prior to joining Stretto, Terry held executive-level technology positions at Capital Group, Virtual CEO, and Toshiba America Information Systems. She serves on Stretto’s Executive Management Team and is the Program Chair for the Orange County, California chapter of Women in Technology International.