Jerry Gay
Senior Vice President And Senior Architect at Bank of America
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJerry Gay is a seasoned technology executive and architect with 21+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale, secure distributed systems, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Senior Architect at Bank of America. He leads the Enterprise File System that serves 120,000+ Linux hosts and has driven multi-tenant, compliance-aware platform extensions, archival solutions, and automation that materially reduced deployment risk and time. A long-time remote work pioneer since 2005, he builds and mentors high-performing distributed teams and co-leads a 5,000+ attendee internal tech conference that expanded engagement across the firm. Jerry is also an active open-source contributor and former Parrot/Rakudo core designer, with hands-on contributions to language/compiler internals and VM reorganization that reflect deep systems-level expertise. He holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union and has authored patents in automation and security, blending academic rigor with practical, enterprise-grade engineering.
21 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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Github Skills (14)
parser10
refactoring10
parsing10
code-organization10
parse10
compiler-development10
raku10
github9
makefile9
language-design9
build-system8
c117
c177
perl6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
parrot/parrot
May 2005 - Mar 2010
Parrot Virtual Machine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1379 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jerry focused on reorganizing the directory structure of the Parrot Virtual Machine repository, moving files related to the intermediate code compiler (IMCC) and build tools into more logical locations. They also updated documentation and makefile configurations to reflect these changes. This work involved refactoring the project's structure and improving the organization of the codebase.
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rakudo/rakudo
Mar 2006 - Feb 2009
🦋 Rakudo – Raku on MoarVM, JVM, and JS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:234 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jerry contributed to the Rakudo Raku compiler by implementing and refining core language features. Their work includes refactoring the parser's actions, adding and modifying grammar rules for identifiers and traits, and implementing the 'is export()' trait to support exporting routines. Furthermore, the user added the implementations for the '$*OS', '$*OSVER', and '$*EXECUTABLE_NAME' global variables. They also refactored the package definition and made NaN~~NaN true.
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