John Kealy is a seasoned technology leader and current Chief Technology Officer with 11 years of formal experience and over two decades driving web and digital transformation across higher education and nonprofit sectors. He rose from web developer to lead UCSF’s Web Services, scaling hosting from dozens to roughly 2,000 sites and slashing site provisioning costs through automation. A pragmatic technical manager, he has built engineering and DevOps programs, implemented enterprise GitHub, and designed people processes that support teams of up to 14 engineers. His background in scientific research (Biogeography/Ecology at UCSB) informs a data-driven, field-to-compute perspective on solving real-world problems. Comfortable coordinating cross-campus and multi-timezone teams, he blends strategic alignment, budget stewardship, and hands-on engineering to deliver secure, high-availability web platforms. Now based in San Francisco, he’s focused on leveraging emerging tech and AI to help mission-driven organizations advance research and education.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Ecology and Systematics, Ecology and Systematics at San Francisco State University
BA Biology:Ecology, BA Biology:Ecology at UC Santa Barbara
Contributions:5 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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