Summary
Chuck Copello is a strategic operations and engineering leader with 9+ years in management roles at Red Hat and a two-decade career delivering engineering, verification, and release management across telecom and enterprise software. He specializes in scaling Agile practices, building engineering education programs, and applying AI-enabled management to improve delivery and quality. At NetApp he built and taught Agile and QA courses taken by hundreds globally, and at Sony Ericsson he streamlined regional customization to shrink resolution times from days to hours. Known for combining hands-on systems testing and release management experience with program-level strategy, he excels at translating complex technical requirements into repeatable, measurable processes. Based in Raleigh, NC, he brings a pragmatic focus on DONE and continuous improvement across distributed teams.
9 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at North Carolina State University