Corey Coto
Advisor at Founder Institute
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCorey Coto is a seasoned software leader and founder with 11+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS, AI, and cloud-native platforms across startups and enterprises. He founded Kaizen Insights to turn daily employee signals into actionable intelligence, and previously led product and engineering for Pluralsight Flow after driving high-impact platform work at Amazon (notably scaling AmazonSmile donations past $200M). Corey combines hands-on applied ML and serverless modernization with product-led engineering practices that reduced costs while improving customer satisfaction and release velocity. A first-generation college graduate, photographer, and lifelong tinkerer, he blends technical rigor with creative storytelling and a strong focus on trust, reliability, and founder coaching. He currently advises and mentors early-stage founders, helping them translate problem/solution fit into investable roadmaps and repeatable engineering rhythms.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoUMass Lowell
English
Stackoverflow
198reputation
117kreached
2answers
3questions
Github Skills (61)
development-kit10
aws-cloud10
typescript10
cloud-infrastructure10
openweathermap10
aws10
strongly-typed9
lambda-functions9
terraform9
client-library9
aws-lambda9
sdk9
cloud-development-kit9
infrastructure-as-code9
serverless9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
coreycoto/DReAM
Feb 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:38 pushes, 48 branches in 1 year 11 months
application-managerdevelopingframeworkweb-servicesdecoupled
coreycoto/elasticsearch-babel
Feb 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
dockerfiledockeradditionallanguageselasticsearch
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