Chris Welkenstein
Sr Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChris Welkenstein is a pragmatic senior software development manager with over 20 years in IT and cloud computing and more than a decade leading software teams, currently owning Identity and Access Management for Amazon and AWS global network infrastructure. He blends deep systems and security knowledge—five+ years focused on network and information security—with hands-on experience building ops, devops, and developer teams that ship automation for ACLs, AAA, secrets and certificates. Chris is a seasoned incident and response leader who has repeatedly scaled teams and platforms, from growing small groups into high-performing engineering organizations to delivering large-scale automation, chatbots, and anomaly detection systems. Based in Bellevue, WA, he pairs empathy and mentorship with practical product ownership, translating complex risk reduction goals into measurable security programs. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of moving between telecom, systems, BI and software roles, which gives him a rare cross-domain perspective on reliability and observability.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of WashingtonAA, General Studies, AA, General Studies at Green River Community College
Github Skills (2)
react8
gcp2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ingenuity1/draw
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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