Summary
Ian Parker is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 13 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to modernize data platforms and deliver AI-driven insights in healthcare. Based in Atlanta, he currently drives a major modernization at Evernorth—replacing legacy operational reports with governed semantic models, conversational insight experiences, and durable data products that speed decision-making. He co-founded the Janitors Guild to break down silos and improve developer ergonomics, driving GitOps adoption, shared tooling, and metadata hygiene across the enterprise. Ian blends a maker’s background in edtech, media, and startups with deep hands-on engineering (PySpark, Airflow, TypeScript/Node, GraphQL, Kubernetes) to solve messy, mission-driven problems. He’s at his best synthesizing education, storytelling, and civic-minded product design to rally teams and deliver practical, user-focused systems.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at University of Florida