Cody Lerum
Co-founder VP Technology at Clearfly Communications
Bozeman, Montana, United States
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Top SchoolCody Lerum is a seasoned network architect and operator with 15+ years building and running regional ISP/carrier networks and co-founding Clearfly Communications, where he leads technology strategy and product delivery. He brings deep hands-on expertise in Juniper and Cisco core routing (BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS), various Cisco VPNs, and last-mile wireless technologies including WiMax and proprietary multipoint systems. Cody pairs network engineering with practical DevOps and backend experience—contributing to well-known projects like TechEmpower FrameworkBenchmarks and the Twilio Java library—demonstrating attention to performance tuning, API reliability, and maintainability. Based in Bozeman, he combines entrepreneurial product ownership (from lead to implementation) with a track record of improving critical open-source infrastructure used across the industry.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Montana State University-BozemanJNCIA Juniper Networks, JNCIA Juniper Networks at Self Study
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Github Skills (31)
application-framework10
tml10
benchmark10
apidoc10
telephony10
app-framework10
benchmarking10
undertow10
java10
javas10
api10
wildfly10
web-framework10
twilio10
testing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks
Jan 2014 - Jan 2022
Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:35 commits, 32 PRs, 15 comments in 8 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Cody primarily focused on improving and expanding the "undertow" framework benchmarks within the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project. Their contributions include refactoring code by removing unused imports, implementing flags to handle multiple database queries, and restoring code related to the reading of older random number values. They also updated the Wildfly framework configuration and dependencies, which are related to the benchmarks and CI/CD pipeline. These contributions indicate a focus on code quality, performance optimization, and ensuring the benchmark's functionality across different configurations.
techempowerframeworkbenchmarkperformancebenchmarks
twilio/twilio-java
Jan 2014 - Oct 2022
A Java library for communicating with the Twilio REST API and generating TwiML.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 9 commits, 8 PRs in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Cody primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the Twilio Java library. Their commits included adding options for conference features, refactoring the code base with better generics for list resources, and fixing bugs related to Queue member data. Additionally, the user enhanced the library by updating date handling and removing dependencies. This indicates a focus on core API improvements and ensuring the library aligns with current best practices.
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