Kurt Griffiths Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Time permitting, I serve as one of the maintainers of the open-source Falcon web framework for Python that I created. Falcon powers services at LinkedIn, Paypal, Sentry, and many other organizations around the world. (See also: falconframework.org)

By request and time permitting, I provide consulting services related to open source development and small business IT.

As a senior consultant at Braxton, I provided cloud architecture and engineering support for a contract involving cloud-based prototyping and integration of the U.S. DoD Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) platform. Once completed, EGS will provide a comprehensive catalog of next-generation ground control services for space assets.My work encompassed systems.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, US

I started Luhnar with a friend to give web agencies an easy-button solution to common page speed issues. Unfortunately, we were not able to find product-market fit quick enough and make it off the runway in time to weather COVID’s impact on the industry, but we did build a loyal base of customers who loved the product.As is common in a startup, I wore many.

San Antonio, Texas, US

As one of the primary technical leaders within Rackspace Managed Security (RMS), I divided my time in this role between mentoring and overseeing a number of engineering efforts within the business unit, encompassing both software and systems architecture. I also served as the communications chair on the Board of Directors for Rackspace's technical.

San Antonio, Texas, US

In this role I worked in the Infrastructure practice area, consulting on architecture and strategy for several product and enterprise security teams across the company. As a recognized leader in the OpenStack community, I presented and led design sessions at multiple OpenStack Summits.My work in this role encompassed:* REST API design and development*.

San Antonio, Texas, US

In this role, I managed one of the two Rackspace engineering teams in the Atlanta office (formerly Jungle Disk). My team developed industry-leading, cross-platform applications for online backup and collaboration. We also engineered highly-scalable backend data services to augment storage provider APIs, such as those provided by Rackspace Cloud Files and.

San Antonio, TX, US

As an early member of the Jungle Disk startup team, I worked on a number of different projects including a Windows desktop app, the ASP.NET-based control panel, and several Windows and Linux-based backend systems. I was also highly involved in customer support and worked directly with customers on a number of occasions.

Provo, Utah, US

In this role, I managed the IT and software development team for a successful SEM startup. I contributed to several SEM-focused internal applications, including a custom CMS, various tools, and web applications across Windows and Linux platforms.

Redmond, Washington, US

As a PM in the Windows group, I helped coordinated printer driver security and feature work streams. I wrote and maintained design specs, co-developed and introduced a new, agile development process to the group, and presented at WinHEC.

Pleasant Grove, Utah, US

At WhiteCanyon I served as the first engineering hire and later team lead. As such, I was involved in every aspect of the product development lifecycle for the company's Windows and DOS security utilities, including UX, development, and testing.

Soon after teaching myself to program, and while still in high school, I teamed up with a friend on several DOS application and video game projects. This was a great learning experience for both of us.