Daniel Lakin Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

The Zynga Kubernetes team maintains, upgrades, and troubleshoots dozens of internet-scale K8s clusters that support Zynga’s games and their connected services.

Arlington, Va, Us

Contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development's Data Services department.- Leads an Agile team of backend and frontend engineers supporting key USAID web applications- Pushing for modernization of legacy code, containerization and automation- Designs containerized microservices, APIs, and event-driven data pipelines- Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

While at CNAS, Daniel supported the work of the Center in developing strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defense policies. He helped support and shape the Center's work to engage with Congress and the administration throughout the diplomatic process over Iran's nuclear program, and created a highly detailed daily roundup of Iran- and diplomacy-related newsHe also contributed research to projects on the implications of the U.S. shale energy boom, China's changing security strategies, and the evolution of Internet freedom.

Researched and analyzed several hot-button issues, working closely with Senator Kerry’s staff in the Senate Foreign Affairs CommitteeCreated a comprehensive reference binder on South Korea for Senator Kerry’s trip to that countryGained insider’s knowledge on the workings of Congress and congressional committees, especially Foreign Affairs

Frontend And Backend Web Development

Master Of Arts, International Relations And National Security Studies

B.A, Political Science