Pioneering technologist and award-winning product designer with 25+ years of experience innovating in cloud computing, distributed systems, and application performance monitoring. Recognized thought leader who’s developed multiple groundbreaking technologies including early cloud computing precursors and industry-first monitoring solutions. Ranked in the Top 50 Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing. An Internationally recognized speaker at major technology conferences sharing expertise in cloud computing, performance monitoring, and distributed systems.
I am a visionary systems thinker and principal technologist who seamlessly bridges the theoretical and practical realms of software engineering. I have a particular talent for distilling complex systems into elegant, simple designs.
Throughout my career, I have consistently looked beyond conventional wisdom to actively reshape it, driven by a deep commitment to making technology work for humans rather than the other way around.
My architectural work is characterized by an ability to bring clarity and simplicity to complex systems, creating coherent and sustainable solutions that stand the test of time.
My career is marked by groundbreaking innovations in cloud computing, performance monitoring, and distributed systems, where I’ve introduced new paradigms that challenge an advance industry standards.
As a technical polymath and passionate educator, I bring an extraordinary ability to grasp complex systems rapidly and translate that understanding into actionable improvements, consistently finding ways to reduce complexity while maintaining system integrity.
My approach combines deep analytical capability with a genuine desire to elevate those around me through direct mentorship or by creating tools and frameworks that reduce cognitive load and enhance system understanding.
I am known for being both a technical innovator and a warm, humble collaborator who lifts others while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in software engineering.
At my core, I am a cybernetician and systems engineer who works across multiple mediums of creativity and construction, always seeking to bring modularity, simplicity, and adaptability to complex sociotechnical systems, transforming intricate challenges into clear, manageable solutions.
Over my professional career, I’ve played various roles, from technologist to Chief Technology Officer (CTO), taking on diverse responsibilities. My unique ability to work across technology stacks and layers in a value chain sets me apart. I’m an engineer who codes and constructs, seeking to simplify and streamline sociotechnical systems involving human actors and software agents. I excel at helping teams with complex challenges, rapid change, and cognitive load.
I’ve introduced new thinking, techniques, and technologies that have revolutionized and opened up new possibilities.
In data systems management, I’ve extensive experience modeling, developing, and deploying data schemas, sources, sinks, and streams. I’ve ensured coherent and cohesive architectures that allow expansion across the lifecycle stages of a system. As a systems engineer, I apply universal design principles to create optimal solutions using code, schemas, infrastructure configuration, and systems. I’m adept at moving between engineering source code, data catalogs, domain concepts, data pipelines, and data operations, including monitoring.
I prioritize modularity, simplicity, and adaptability. As a systems thinker and cybernetician, I adopt a holistic and sustainable approach to system design, focusing on human-machine interaction, process design, and tooling. I aim to simplify cognitive complexity in enterprise software engineering and explore cross-pollinating ideas.
As a seasoned technical architect and software systems engineer, I passionately design and develop large-scale enterprise products and big data systems. I bring extensive experience and seek continuous professional growth.
I’ve pioneered new approaches to complex system sensing and steering, both computational and soci-technical. I’ve developed commercial software products that profile, protect, and predict software system behaviors in challenging environments. I’m open to exploring novel approaches that enhance project efficiency and effectiveness.
I believe in creating safe, modular, flexible, versatile, resilient, and adaptable teams and deliverables.
My inventions and implementations have significantly impacted engineering thinking and action regarding performance optimization, autonomic systems, self-adaptive runtimes, observability, monitoring, site reliability, controllability, operability, artificial intelligence, and situational awareness.
I prefer working on purposeful products and platforms that inspire passion. A successful software engineering effort should encompass purpose, people, product, process, potential, and prospect.
I write extensively about software design, software architecture, observability, controllability, site reliability engineering, artificial intelligence, situational awareness, control theory, and systems engineering