Joe Pearson
Product Manager Open Source Leader Technology Strategist, IBM Network Management & Intelligence
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Pearson is a product-focused technology strategist and open source leader with over a decade shaping web and edge software at IBM and The Weather Company. He blends product management for IBM’s Edge Application Manager with deep experience in networking, edge computing, and developer ecosystems, driving adoption through standards and community collaboration (including LF Edge). Based in Durham, North Carolina, he has been building web platforms since the Internet opened to commerce, from webmaster roles to leading engineering strategy and application architecture for high-traffic consumer brands. Joe is skilled at aligning vendors, product owners, and delivery squads to create highly available, API-driven services that scale. He also brings a penchant for unconventional titles and side ventures—currently listed as Monster Wrangler at Edge Monsters—reflecting a creative, hands-on approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Educational Technology, Educational Technology at National UniversityBA Intercultural Studies, BA Intercultural Studies at San Diego Christian College
Github Skills (78)
security10
exchange10
tellodrone10
secret-management10
agent10
documentation10
horizon10
owner10
edge-computing10
shieldsio9
monitoring9
pattern9
rest9
data-virtualization9
node-red9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
open-horizon-services/web-helloworld-c
Oct 2022 - Jul 2024
Hello World Open Horizon service container implemented in C
Contributions:7 reviews, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
c
open-horizon-services/web-helloworld-go
Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
golang
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