Summary
Eli Cochran is a seasoned technology leader with three decades of experience designing, building, and operating web and infrastructure services, currently serving as Sr. Director of Web and Infrastructure Services in Berkeley. He combines hands-on DevOps, UX, and web development experience with strategic budget, vendor, and team leadership—having delivered campus portals, student-facing applications, telecom overhauls, and a cloud-first Google Cloud Platform strategy. Eli has a strong track record in higher education technology, uniting collaboration tools (G Suite, Zoom), scheduling systems, and cross-service data integrations to support academic and residential computing. He mentors designers and student engineers, created a student-staffed QA team, and partners with university interaction design programs to cultivate practical design internships. Known for modernizing legacy systems and pragmatic procurement across fifty-plus services, he blends deep technical craft with institutional strategy and operational reliability.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer