Chris Leonard
Principal Domains Data Architect
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolChris Leonard is a Principal Domains Data Architect with over three decades of data-focused experience, currently ensuring correctness and performance for GoDaddy’s Registrar and Aftermarket systems that support billions in revenue. He blends hands-on coding (favoring Python and Go), deep database design and performance tuning, and AWS automation to solve high-stakes operational problems and deliver scalable data platforms. A seasoned trainer, author, and certification exam architect, he routinely converts complex concepts into practical curricula and tooling—often automating workflows across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments. Known for pragmatic curiosity and a preference for elegant scripting (bash, PowerShell) and regex, he also offers independent consulting through databaseguy.com. Outside of work he brings unusual perspective as a crowd-tolerant introvert living with bipolar disorder and autism, which he credits for focused curiosity and thoughtful problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
FEAC-Certified Enterprise Architect Enterprise Architecture, FEAC-Certified Enterprise Architect Enterprise Architecture at FEAC InstituteM.A. Management Information Systems, M.A. Management Information Systems at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (200)
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go-language10
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chat10
netcore10
paradox10
starship10
launcher10
portable10
microsoft-sql10
linux10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
sql-sith/cdc2015
Nov 2014 - Jul 2022
Contributions:18 commits, 2 pushes in 7 years 8 months
sql-sith/cdc-2024
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
Information for Cedar Rapids Area Homeschools' Cyber Defense Team, 2023-2024
Contributions:16 reviews, 12 PRs, 38 pushes in 11 months
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