Adam Lerman
Chief Technology Officer at RedDrum
Ilchester, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Lerman is a pragmatic technology leader and Chief Technology Officer with 10 years of professional software experience and a longer history of hands-on systems work dating back to early IT roles. He combines backend engineering expertise in C# and Java with cross-platform familiarity (Windows, Linux, macOS) and a track record of improving maintainability and performance in production systems. Adam has contributed to notable open-source projects such as Apache Accumulo and the NSA-backed DataWave, delivering refactors, feature improvements, and operational upgrades (including Log4j replacement and Docker-related fixes). His career spans startups and defense contractors, where he progressed from DBA and support roles to technical lead and senior engineer positions before taking executive technical leadership. Based in Ilchester, Maryland, he focuses on making software that genuinely helps users get their jobs done while keeping systems robust and efficient. An often-overlooked strength is his history of improving developer ergonomics and code quality, not just shipping features.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSE CSE, BSE CSE at University of ConnecticutAmity HS
Github Skills (21)
acc10
back-end-development10
big-data10
java10
javas10
backend10
accumulo10
scripting9
debug9
debugging9
apidoc9
configuration-management9
api9
shell9
script9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
NationalSecurityAgency/datawave
Dec 2017 - Jan 2023
DataWave is an ingest/query framework that leverages Apache Accumulo to provide fast, secure data access.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:251 reviews, 47 commits, 129 PRs in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Adam contributed to the DataWave project by implementing various backend improvements and bug fixes. Their work included updating configuration files, refactoring code to close resources, and optimizing performance by avoiding repeated calls in the code. They also modified the code related to the web services and the Docker deployment. Additionally, they replaced Log4j1.2 with Reload4j.
querysecurebigdataaccumuloleverages
apache/accumulo
Apr 2018 - Nov 2021
Apache Accumulo
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 12 commits, 18 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Adam contributed to the Apache Accumulo project, primarily focusing on enhancing and refactoring existing functionalities. They implemented features like filtering options in the shell's config command and adding negation functionality to the grep command. Additionally, the user addressed code quality by removing unused properties and renaming variables, contributing to the project's maintainability.
javaaccumuloapachebig-data
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