Summary
Drew Lawton is a veteran engineering leader with over 25 years building interactive web applications and more than a decade in technical leadership roles guiding teams from ICs to directors. He’s led client platform organizations at Twitch and Crunchyroll—rearchitecting React-based TV clients, improving developer experience for hundreds of engineers, and driving CI, observability, and hiring processes that raise the bar. As Director of Data Engineering at Resolution Processing he now blends data tooling, BI reliability, and scalable infrastructure with his front-end roots. A former full‑stack engineer comfortable across LAMP and Node.js stacks, Drew pairs hands‑on technical depth with empathetic people management, championing mental health and transparency to prevent burnout and imposter syndrome. He’s equally fluent in prototyping UX and optimizing backend data queries, which lets him translate product needs into pragmatic, measurable engineering roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at San Diego State University
Poway High School