Andy Kruta is a seasoned technology leader with over a decade of experience managing mission-critical applications and automation at enterprise scale. As Director of Automation and Tooling at Optum, he leads teams focused on AI-driven automation and reliability tooling to reduce costs and improve uptime in 24x7 environments. He has deep hands-on expertise with infrastructure and observability stacks—Terraform, Jenkins, Chef, Prometheus—and a track record of introducing ChatOps, standardized toolsets, and open-source systems to create operational efficiencies. Andy blends strategic, data-driven decision making with practical systems architecture and incident management to align technology with business outcomes. Based in Binger, Oklahoma, he brings a calm, composed leadership style that thrives on solving complex cross-functional challenges across geographically dispersed teams. Notably, his career spans long-term platform roles from AOL to advisory and healthcare technology, reflecting both operational depth and consistent innovation.
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