Melissa Bankes — Chief of Staff for Engineering Leaders
Fractional leadership and strategic support for senior technical leaders.
Melissa Bankes offers a Chief of Staff Sprint for engineering leaders who need operational support, release coordination, planning help, and cross-functional clarity without making a full-time hire.
Chief of Staff Sprint
- 2 weekly working sessions (1 hour each)
- Async access between sessions
- Chief of Staff service without the full-time hire
- Free 20 minute consult
- 3 month retainer
- $8,000 per month
Core areas of support
- Execution systems: project planning, release process, resource allocation, metrics
- Leadership systems: meeting management, team structure, people management, leadership transitions
- Delivery systems: AI enablement, feature flag operations, pre-mortems and post-mortems
Selected experience
- Engineering Operations Manager at Wysh
- Release Manager at Wysh
- Senior Project and Account Manager at Vertilocity
- Development Associate at Duke Health System
Proof and credibility
Melissa has been described as organized, thoughtful, insightful, curious, and highly effective at helping teams stay on pace and on course.
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Contact: bankesmelissa@gmail.com