Ignatius Nothnagel is a Director of Platform Engineering and technology leadership coach with 12+ years building and scaling cloud-native systems and teams across AWS and startups. He led program management for AWS Cloud9, driving security and compliance efforts that unlocked over $100M in revenue and enabled high-profile government and healthcare customers. Equally comfortable in code (Java, Ruby, Python, Haskell) and in the boardroom, he has repeatedly reduced operational toil and increased developer velocity through pragmatic system design and on-call/process improvements. He founded a coaching and consulting practice in under nine months, applying a rare blend of psychology, academic rigor, and hands-on engineering to help leaders grow authentically. Known for mentoring engineers through multiple promotions and for building high-performing teams, he prioritises sustainable performance and people-first leadership. Based in Amsterdam, he pairs deep technical execution with executive coaching to help tech organisations scale with clarity and resilience.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Software Engineering Algorithms Systems Programming etc., Computer Science Software Engineering Algorithms Systems Programming etc. at Stellenbosch University
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Ignatius Nothnagel - Director Of Platform Engineering