Summary
Jeff Ogata is a seasoned engineering leader with over 30 years of software experience and a decade-plus in senior leadership roles, currently heading Engineering at Text-Em-All from Plano, Texas. He specializes in cloud-native architecture, AWS control plane design, and backend modernization, having led a multi-account AWS Control Tower rollout and major API migrations. Jeff combines hands-on engineering (C#, T-SQL, JS) with organizational change: introducing OKRs, rebuilding internship programs, and shifting teams toward test automation and measurable outcomes. He has repeatedly navigated high-stakes transitions—such as moving SMS traffic that impacted 75% of revenue—while maintaining operational resilience. A certified coach of teams through recent leadership training, he blends technical depth with a focus on culture and talent development. Pragmatic and curious, Jeff often pairs legacy-system pragmatism with modern cloud strategy to deliver incremental, low-risk modernization.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
EECS, EECS at University of California, Berkeley