John Gerhardt started his career as an engineering lead in the FinTech industry based in Connecticut and New York, leveraging his background in finance. He then joined Contactually, where he helped build the product and engineering organization, raise a Series A, and ultimately sell the company to Compass Real Estate in 2019. At Compass, John led the Technical Infrastructure and Enterprise Technology groups, supporting Compass to go public in April 2021 and growing from 150 in product and engineering to over 1,500.