Summary
Mark Ramach is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building automation, cloud-native platforms, and developer tooling, currently serving as VP Automation and Innovation at GTT. He has led large software organizations at Lumen, overseeing SD-WAN, SASE, DDoS and digital experience teams while maintaining a hands-on engineering practice and promoting Agile/SCRUM adoption. His technical footprint includes designing model-driven UI frameworks, Kubernetes operators (Ceph, SSL), a multitenant Docker registry, and multi-cloud provisioning services—demonstrating deep expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Spring, Vault, and Ansible. Mark also explores product-grade developer platforms through side projects like Podleo and Padloq, focused on simplifying container on-boarding and identity-as-a-service. He combines strategic vendor partnerships and talent development with an eye for removing operational bottlenecks so product teams can move faster. Based in Seattle, he brings a pragmatic balance of architecture, coding, and people leadership that accelerates cloud and automation initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Drake University
BA Information Systems, BA Information Systems at Missouri State University