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Molly Shelestak

Technical Product Leader & Advisor

Expert technical advisory that transforms your engineering function from a cost center into a proven driver of savings and scalable growth.

My Philosophy

Clarity, ruthless focus, shipped value

Empower engineers with business context, design for cost as a feature, and optimize cognitive load so teams ship faster.

Fractional Product Leader

Get senior product and platform strategy without the commitment of a full-time hire. I integrate with your leadership team to accelerate business outcomes and focus engineering efforts on driving revenue and scale.

Platform Audit

A comprehensive review of your data platform's architecture, performance, and costs. I'll deliver a clear action plan to improve reliability and drive ROI.

High-Impact Project

Targeted engagements—cost downshift, data-platform modernization, or M&A technical diligence—with executive-ready recommendations and owner-ready tasks.

Team Acceleration Workshop

For leaders who want to reduce friction and enable their teams to make better, faster decisions that are aligned with clear business outcomes.

NextGen Platform

$2M+ Annual Savings

Led a next-gen data platform redesign at Heap that saved over $2M annually and achieved 60x faster ingestion.

Modernization

$2M+ Annual Savings

Drove an additional $2M in annual savings through platform modernization post-acquisition at Contentsquare.

EU Expansion

$1M+ Annual Revenue

Launched a fully EU-hosted platform that generated over $1M in new ARR for Contentsquare.

Jeff C.

Senior Analyst Relations Manager

Molly is an unbeatable combination of technical expertise, business savvy, executive presence, and star power...her visionary leadership leverages technology to make massively positive impacts on her organization and its customers. Molly is also a gifted communicator who shines a light on industry breakthroughs that can help other innovators.

Tomas R.

Principal Engineer / Staff Architect

It was remarkable to me not only how deliverable oriented she was in scoping and prioritising tasks, but also the energy and enthusiasm she made us feel in achieving our goals. Loved her transparency and openness in the communication and how easy she made it look integrating several engineers from several teams to get the job done effectively.

Calvin C.

Head of Engineering

Molly is an exceptionally thorough technical leader with a demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, coach, and motivate a team of software engineers with different levels of experience. Working through various initiatives with Molly, I've witnessed her ability to collaborate cross-functionally and manage stakeholders, as well as drive the team toward executing and delivering impactful features.

Tom D.

Staff Software Engineer

Molly is one of the most talented, effective, and energetic Product/Engineering Managers I've had the pleasure of working with! She's great at converting complex problems into achievable roadmaps and establishing lines of communication and collaboration to ensure they're executed on effectively across teams.

Jai K.

Customer Success Executive

Prior to Molly's arrival, our team's relationship with product was dysfunctional at best. Molly was able to create order out of chaos and provided transparency and visibility into the product roadmap, sprint planning and bug review process. One of the first things she instituted was was a regular Product/CS synch with a structured agenda that kept us on task and productive and opened clear lines of communication engendering trust.

Scott L.

Principal Engineer/Architect

She has an unbeatable combination of in-depth technical knowledge and pinpoint focus on the most important and impactful features for each product in her portfolio. She is has the ability and willingness to discuss technical details but allows the developers to make decisions regarding implementation details and delivery timelines. She is both a tenacious advocate for her customers and a trusted ally of the engineering team.

Dayne L.

General Manager

Her energy, drive, and passion for the work she does are second to none. Molly was key to the success of our project. With her data analysis, clear vision and direction, we were able to develop and deploy to production in three months; which would normally take a year with a team our size.