Adam Terlson is a stakeholder-focused technology leader and CTO with 13 years of experience delivering cloud-native, AI-enabled products and platforms from concept to production. He has led large-scale cloud migrations and platform modernization at Fortune 100 scale, built high-performing remote-native engineering teams, and architected event-sourced, zero-trust systems for retail and logistics. Comfortable bridging product and architecture, he specializes in making complex regulatory and operational requirements practical through automation, IaC, observability, and developer-friendly Golden Paths. Adam is also a practiced speaker and community contributor—publishing technical essays and conference talks—and often pairs hands-on engineering with strategic leadership to accelerate AI adoption safely and with measurable quality. An early career founder and seasoned consultant, he combines entrepreneurial grit with enterprise discipline to turn ambiguous problems into repeatable, auditable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Business Management Information Systems (MIS), Bachelor of Science in Business Management Information Systems (MIS) at UMN Carlson School of Management
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