Jason Bird
VP, Application Services
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Bird is a results-driven technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale infrastructure, cloud and application operations across Fortune 100 enterprises. Currently VP of Application Services at IHG, he has a track record of translating business needs into pragmatic, cost-effective engineering programs—having overseen $300M+ budgets, a 500+ global workforce, and generated tens of millions in annual savings through FinOps and platform rationalization. He built and scaled Site Reliability Engineering practices at Disney and Best Buy that improved availability from 80% to >99% and slashed mean time to restore service by over 80%, while modernizing automation, monitoring and security controls. Known for bridging technical and business stakeholders, Jason combines hands-on operational engineering with strategic program delivery and vendor negotiation to achieve measurable outcomes. Outside of enterprise roles he founded a design/tech agency and served as a firefighter, reflecting a mix of entrepreneurial drive and calm under pressure.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Information Technology, BS Information Technology at Capella UniversityAAS Information Telecommunications Technology, AAS Information Telecommunications Technology at Century CollegeMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Focus Areas of Global Challenges in Business & Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Focus Areas of Global Challenges in Business & Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (4)
modx-evolution8
modx-revolution5
modx3
security1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
goldsky/FileDownload-R
Mar 2013 - Nov 2014
FileDownload snippet for MODX revolution
Contributions:7 commits in 1 year 8 months
modx-revolution
modxcms/evolution
Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
This repository was Frozen. Welcome to the new evolution of MODX Evolution!
Contributions:3 commits in 4 months
modx-evolution
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