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Robert Elwell

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in cloud platforms, DevOps, and security

MacStadiumUniversity of Texas at Austin18 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks Remote

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Senior engineering/CTO-level leader with hands-on delivery of serverless, event-driven cloud governance platforms (deployed across multiple GE business units) and experience building adaptable usage-based billing at UserTesting. Has advised startups (including CaseText during YC) and supported fundraising and acquisition due diligence, including investor materials for a smart cooler custody management system presented to BARDA during Operation Warp Speed.

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Key Strengths

  • Shipped a serverless cloud policy reporting/enforcement MVP in ~12 weeks deployed across five GE business units
  • Deep hands-on architecture + coding ownership for event-driven, serverless platforms (Lambda/SNS/CloudTrail, ECS/Fargate)
  • Built scalable reporting APIs using Protocol Buffers + GraphQL to support a React UI
  • Established delivery/quality mechanisms: Jira/Confluence planning, sprint cadence, testing + manual code reviews, monitoring/alerting and synthetics
  • Designed flexible usage-based billing with configurable price cards to adapt quickly to changing pricing units and custom customer agreements
  • Supported founders/investors with technical narratives and decks; participated in acquisition due diligence and code reviews

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Experience

Vice President of EngineeringMacStadium · Mar 2024 – Present
Senior Director, EngineeringVultr · Feb 2022 – Feb 2024
Director, EngineeringUserTesting, Inc. · May 2019 – Feb 2022
Senior Staff Software ArchitectGE Digital · Jan 2017 – Apr 2019
Staff Software EngineerLookout, Inc. · Jul 2014 – Dec 2016
Sr. Software EngineerWikia, Inc. · Feb 2012 – Jul 2014
Software ArchitectAetherQuest Solutions · Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Web DeveloperVertive, Inc · Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
Chief Information OfficerThaddeus Medical Systems

Education

University of Texas at Austinmaster, Linguistics (2008)

Awards

  • Patent for remote configuration (Lookout, Inc.)

Languages

English

Publications

2 publications

Search (Apache Solr)Remote configuration for enterprise mobile security (patent)

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