Ian Mccracken Email and Phone Number

With decades of experience in engineering, architecture, and operations, I am a skilled and innovative engineer and leader dedicated to improving efficiency, scalability, and security in high-growth environments. As the VP of Technology & Operations at Pushnami, I led teams responsible for platform performance and scalability, infrastructure architecture, security, cost optimization, IT, client technical support, incident response, and operability improvements.In this role, I optimized a platform delivering billions of web push notifications daily, achieving a 1200% increase in scalability over four years. My efforts in AWS cost analysis and reduction led to a 35% cost savings through strategic rearchitecture and migration to Kubernetes. I developed and implemented an SQS cost optimization algorithm, significantly reducing messaging expenses. Additionally, I set up incident response protocols, transitioned the organization to full Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, and improved company-wide security through comprehensive policies and audits.In previous roles, I created a temporal database that became the core of the company’s cloud offering, developed a live service impact graph to enhance alerting intelligence, and developed an algorithm for determining root cause, which drove upmarket sales and major partnerships. I am passionate about building robust, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.With a solid foundation in cloud operations, DevOps, and software engineering, I excel at solving complex technical challenges and fostering innovation. I thrive in dynamic environments where I can lead teams to deliver high-quality results.