Geoff Clitheroe is a senior architect with 20+ years bridging geophysics and software, now shaping platform and cloud architecture at Atlassian after senior roles in Xero and leading the award-winning GeoNet project. He combines hands-on engineering in Java, Go and integration platforms with team leadership, coaching and agile transformation to deliver real-time, high-capacity analytics and enterprise integration solutions. Comfortable in both research and production environments, Geoff has a PhD in seismology and a track record of turning scientific data pipelines and geospatial databases into resilient web services used by engaged communities. He thrives on introducing change through pragmatic architecture, metrics-driven operations and open source practices, and enjoys seeing high-quality code run reliably at scale.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
BSc(Hons), Geophysics, BSc(Hons), Geophysics at Victoria University of Wellington
Public Speaking, VIII, Public Speaking, VIII at Speech New Zealand
Contributions:126 PRs, 86 pushes, 22 branches in 2 years 5 months
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