Brandon Gillespie
VP Of Product Engineering And Chief Architect at Cato
Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrandon Gillespie is a seasoned software entrepreneur and executive who blends hands-on architecture with product-led engineering leadership, currently serving as VP of Product Engineering and Chief Architect at Cato and co-founder/CTO of Venturly. He has a decade of experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems—often using Elixir, Linux, Kubernetes, and React—to enable real-time autonomous decision-making in digital infrastructure and power systems. Brandon’s background spans founding companies, guiding executive teams, contributing to patents, and winning team-level innovation awards, giving him a practical understanding of how to scale product organizations. He’s the author of a book on design thinking in technology and holds certifications from SANS, VMware, CompTIA, and Microsoft, alongside a BS in Information Systems. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic system design that balances customer needs, operational resilience, and developer productivity.
11 years of coding experience
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science, Information Systems, English, Graphic Arts, Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science, Information Systems, English, Graphic Arts at Utah State UniversityCertifications from SANS, VMware, CompTIA, Microsoft, and more.Bachelor of Information Systems, Bachelor of Information Systems at Western Governors University
Github Skills (138)
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pulsar-edit10
react10
golang9
parallax9
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bukkit9
docker9
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ecmascript8
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
srevenant/website-2-s3-cdn
Feb 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
srevenant/dragon
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
Static Website Content Management System using Embedded Elixir. Similar to Jekyll, but in Elixir!
Contributions:1 PR, 75 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
content-management-systemelixirjekyllcms
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