Summary
John Herron is a seasoned technology and services leader with nearly three decades of experience helping New York enterprises modernize applications, adopt DevSecOps, and automate business processes using IBM Automation and related platforms. He has a strong background in systems integration, ecosystem sales, and professional services leadership from long-tenured roles at IBM and earlier management consulting and industry positions. John specializes in containerization, microservices, AiOps for network and full-stack observability, and translating complex operational needs into deployable automation solutions. His career blends strategic client-facing sales and solution design with hands-on technical enablement, making him effective at both closing deals and ensuring successful implementations. Fluent in Mandarin studies and grounded in an economics BA from UC San Diego, he brings cross-cultural communication and commercial insight to technical engagements. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic flâneur—curious, observant, and adept at spotting subtle operational improvements that others miss.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
Mandarin, Mandarin at Sun Yat-Sen University
Italian, Chinese