JT Olio
Systems Engineer at Cloudflare
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJT Olio is a systems engineer and seasoned technology leader with 16 years building distributed storage, cloud infrastructure, and security-focused tooling. He led engineering and architecture at Storj through roles from VP of Engineering to Chief Architect/Strategy Officer, and now applies that expertise at Cloudflare. His background spans low-level systems work (nsjail contributions, OpenSSL Go bindings) to product and business leadership—he co-created a massively distributed storage system that ran on ~80k devices and has production experience with erasure coding, NAT traversal, and secure sandboxing. JT blends hands-on C++/Go systems engineering with org-level responsibilities like sales, recruiting, and open-source stewardship. He holds a summa cum laude BS in CS/Math and an MS, and is comfortable dropping into kernel-level details as well as shaping company strategy. An avid open-source contributor, his security and isolation work on projects like nsjail reflects a long-standing focus on practical, production-grade safety.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Summa Cum Laude, Computer Science, Mathematics, BS, Summa Cum Laude, Computer Science, Mathematics at University of MinnesotaThe University of Utah
Github Skills (21)
editors10
ssl10
text-editor10
linux-namespaces10
c1110
editor10
security10
c1710
binding10
chroot10
go10
openssl10
command-line10
process-isolation10
system-programming9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
spacemonkeygo/openssl
Sep 2012 - Jun 2017
OpenSSL bindings for Go
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:49 commits, 9 PRs, 12 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:JT primarily contributed to the Go-based OpenSSL bindings library. Their work focused on implementing features such as full-duplex renegotiation, adding SNI to the dial helper, and fixing release buffers. The user also refactored code related to context management and memory handling, including the addition of certificate chain functionality. These changes indicate a focus on enhancing the library's functionality and improving its stability and reliability.
golangsslopenssl-bindingstlsgo
zyedidia/micro
May 2016 - May 2018
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:JT contributed to the terminal-based text editor, implementing features such as cursor movement and brace matching. They added chainable actions and flexible modifiers for keybindings, enhancing the editor's customization options. The user also fixed bugs related to indentation and multiline copy-pasting while also updating color schemes.
golanglinuxintuitivecross-platformterminal
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