Scalyr is one of the fastest-growing B2B companies around. Built for engineers by engineers, Scalyr is the blazing fast log management platform for the DevOps front line. Unlike log management tools that were made for IT cost centers, only Scalyr is architected for revenue-generating software whose creators need to go fast, keep things simple, and empower their teams.Since joining the founder Steve Newman, I have done everything from building a new UI, to tackling scaling challenges that are even difficult by Google standards, to working with our customers to best leverage Scalyr, to helping grow the engineering organization. I've held various titles throughout my tenure here, from principal engineer, to Head of Engineering, to CTO. Throughout it all, I've been an instrumental player within the company building the best product we can for our customers and helping lead and mentor our engineering team.

Specialized in building distributed database systems to run consumer applications at Google, including Picasa Web Albums and Google Drive. Acted both as an individual contributor and as a tech lead for several large-sized projects. Seeded several efforts, growing them from their infancy to successful projects. Provided architectural oversight, mentoring, strategic roadmap planning to the team. Interacted with VPs and executive committee to communicate plans and directions.Notable accomplishments: As the backend tech lead, successfully launched Picasa Web Albums as a product, helping scale it to process billions of photos. As backend tech lead for different project, successfully launched Google Drive. Won OC Award. Lead mentoring team in Santa Monica Office, helping grow engineering team by over 10x. Member of hiring committee in Santa Monica Office for 2 years. Conducted over 300 interviews while at Google.