Summary
Chris Kelley is a seasoned technology leader and Principal Dev Engineer with over 20 years of experience modernizing delivery practices, driving cloud-native migrations, and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Based in Denison, Texas, he has repeatedly led enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift migrations on Azure and established reusable engineering patterns that scale across large organizations. A certified PMP, CSM, and Kanban Professional, Chris blends delivery leadership with hands-on DevOps, tooling adoption (Waydev, Pluralsight Flow), and technical debt remediation to improve velocity and observability. He has led global teams at Ericsson and Nortel and now operates as a senior director-level individual contributor influencing product engineering strategy at Health Care Service Corporation. Known for turning governance and process challenges into repeatable operational constructs, he pairs an MS in Cybersecurity and an MBA with practical cloud and DevOps expertise.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Texas A&M University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at East Texas A&M University
English