Summary
Austin Mackesy-buckley is an engineering enablement leader and coach with nearly a decade of experience helping tech organisations accelerate delivery, strengthen leadership, and navigate mergers and rapid growth. He combines systems thinking and pragmatic agile/lean practices—OKRs, Flight Levels, DORA metrics and more—to improve flow efficiency, clarify priorities, and create healthier, higher-performing teams. Austin has partnered with CTOs and senior leaders across complex, hybrid workforces to design operating models, standardise delivery metrics, and lead large-scale planning and continuous improvement. A trained coach-in-training, he blends one-to-one coaching with hands-on delivery enablement to raise managerial capability and psychological safety. Based in Berlin, he writes about leadership and the realities of being a working parent, revealing a people-centered perspective that informs his practical, metrics-driven approach.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Architecture (MArch) (Professional), Architecture, Master of Architecture (MArch) (Professional), Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington
NCEA Level 3, English, History, French, German, Calculus, Graphics, Photography, NCEA Level 3, English, History, French, German, Calculus, Graphics, Photography at Wanganui Collegiate School
English, Ukrainian