Chris Gansen
Architect, Site Reliability Engineering at Devoted Health
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolChris Gansen is an experienced site reliability and software engineering leader with 14 years of building and operating production systems, currently serving as Architect, Site Reliability Engineering at Devoted Health in Chicago. He has progressed from senior engineering roles through multiple CTO positions and principal SRE work, blending hands-on implementation with team leadership across startups and larger organizations. Chris focuses on modern tooling and development practices to ship reliable, user-friendly products and has repeatedly led cross-functional teams through architectural and operational challenges. His background includes mission-driven work (including political and nonprofit tech) and enterprise IT, giving him a rare mix of product empathy and disciplined infrastructure engineering. Outside of role titles, he brings a pragmatic builder’s mindset—comfortable working solo or coordinating global teams—to simplify complex systems and make technology more enjoyable to use.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of MichiganStevenson High School
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Github Skills (50)
certificate9
vaapi8
encoding8
ad-hoc8
ssl8
monitoring8
amazon-elasticsearch8
uploader8
instagram8
monitor7
modular7
security7
tus7
api7
resumable7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
adhocteam/certwatcher
May 2017 - Jan 2019
TLS cert expiry early-warning service
Contributions:15 commits, 9 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 8 months
alertmonitorhostsecuritycertificates
cgansen/igtagsnarf
Sep 2014 - Jul 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push in 1 year 10 months
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