Summary
Gordon Force is a Principal IT Engineer of Applications with over 13 years of senior engineering and leadership experience and a multi-decade software career that stretches back to the 1980s. Currently at Kaiser Permanente, he specializes in building robust, scalable enterprise applications and driving architectural and delivery excellence across large healthcare systems. His background blends hands-on engineering, technical instruction, and consulting—having led teams at Perficient, co-founded NewCircle, and served as Director of Technology at First Data. Gordon’s career shows a pattern of translating complex business needs into practical, reliable systems and growing technical talent through hands-on teaching roles. Based in Half Moon Bay, he brings both entrepreneurial grit and institutional-scale delivery experience, with a knack for mentorship and cross-functional collaboration that often flies under the radar.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Leland High School
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at Whitworth University