Chris Lock is a Principal Cloud Software Engineer at Brandcast. He possess expertise in testing, agile methodologies, software development, quality assurance, mobile applications and 28 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Chris is a brilliant engineer, and it was a treat to work with him. What sets him apart is not his rock solid coding skills, his commitment to excellence, or mastery of his craft. Those qualities alone would make him a fine engineer. What makes Chris special is that he thinks beyond the scope of the immediate problem or challenge. He’s a critical thinker at the core, and when faced with a problem he always manages to zoom out and see the bigger picture. To use a race track analogy, he’s always thinking several turns ahead. Chris always leans toward the more complete solution rather than making tradeoffs. He’s loath to accumulate tech debt, since he understands the effect it can have on velocity down the road, and the true net financial impact to the business. Chris will always lean toward the right implementation rather than the easiest. He’s able to pull this off – without ever having missed a deadline – as a result of his expertise with AWS. Building complex distributed systems comes easily to Chris, since he knows how to leverage all the tools at his disposal." and "I have had the pleasure of working closely with Chris Lock for the past few years. During our time working together, he has proven to be an ally at every turn. He played a pivotal role in the deployment and maintenance of our Salesforce instance. Without his knowledge, experience and flexibility, we would have missed several milestones. Through Chris’s knowledge and experience, my team and I were able to move into a much more sustainable direction. He provided the insights and expertise needed for platform changes and enhancements With his experience, attention to detail and creative problem solving he has enabled my team to stay agile. Chris will be an asset to any team he joins, and I hope to have the pleasure of working with him in the future."