Summary
Larry Mitchell is a seasoned Director of Software Engineering with over three decades of hands-on experience designing fault-tolerant, distributed systems for Wall Street, DoD, and large enterprises. He has led teams building real-time Java VMs, RFID middleware, telematics architectures for Ford and Daimler Chrysler, and cloud-native NFV and video microservice platforms at Cisco. Known as an “exotic technology polymath,” he combines deep expertise in NoSQL, fast-data, orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, OpenStack) and security/compliance (SOC projects) with product and operations leadership. At Crescendo he now oversees large engineering, QA and product teams, after senior management roles optimizing integrations, SRE and cost/security posture across fintech and payments startups. Beyond enterprise systems he has a rare background blending military technical experience, patented R&D at Sun, and practical startup CTO/VP roles, making him adept at translating cutting-edge research into production-grade platforms.
11 years of coding experience
39 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Concordia University
Physics, Physics at Royal Roads Military College
French