Summary
Jeff Garrett is a technology executive and founder with nine years of experience building high-performing engineering and product organizations, currently directing Technical Product and Engineering for the California Department of Health Care Services. He has a strong track record scaling platforms and delivery practices—leading hyperscale Factory and Engineering efforts for behavioral health transformation and previously architecting the State’s Internal Development Platform. Jeff combines product-minded leadership with hands-on DevOps and infrastructure experience, having driven cloud-first implementations, GitOps, CI/CD, and IaC for mission-critical systems that handle large federal disbursements. Earlier roles show measurable business impact—improving uptime to 99.99% and driving sustained account growth—while also reducing attrition through disciplined agile practices. Based in Placerville, CA, he blends public-sector impact with startup operational rigor, and often focuses on culture, hiring, and job architecture to turn strategy into predictable delivery.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at California State University, Monterey Bay
Associate's degree of Computer Science , Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Studies: Math and Science, Associate's degree of Computer Science , Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Studies: Math and Science at Folsom Lake College
Mathematics, Mathematics at Ponderosa High School