Summary
Christian Tobias is a Director of Technical Program Management with 11 years of experience orchestrating large-scale developer platforms and AI initiatives, currently leading half of GitHub’s TPM organization for Core, Security, and AI products like Copilot Code Review. He combines a developer-first background (backend coding, React/GraphQL work) with enterprise program leadership, having driven Nike’s $100M Generative AI portfolio and scaled global platforms for Nike App, Nike.com, SNKRS, and retail systems. Known for creating flow-focused delivery practices—limiting WIP, improving telemetry, and turning team discoveries into org-wide improvements—he excels at aligning engineering, product, and design to ship measurable business outcomes. Pursuing an M.S. in Artificial Intelligence at UT Austin, he brings up-to-date deep learning and reinforcement learning knowledge to production-grade AI integrations. A former educator and Teach For America alum, he pairs strong stakeholder influence with a bias for experimentation and inclusive collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English at Georgetown University
Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence at The University of Texas at Austin
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS)