Summary
Paul Perry is a Principal Software Architect and developer with 11+ years of professional experience designing resilient, user-focused systems and over two decades in enterprise and SaaS engineering. He blends hands-on site reliability and release engineering expertise—managing large RHEL fleets, Kubernetes/Docker deployments, and Adobe Experience Manager releases—with a designer’s eye for usability that prevents feature rejection. As founder of Bitnav he builds practical SaaS solutions for transportation and national parks, and previously led reliability and release teams at Zions Bancorporation supporting critical banking and marketing platforms. His technical roots in electronics (BS in Electronics Engineering Technology) and an early I/O sound board project reflect a lifelong hardware-to-software curiosity that informs pragmatic architecture decisions. Outside product work he sustains purpose-driven projects like QuackingCactus, a nonprofit for disabled children, keeping his engineering grounded in real-world impact. Known for turning ambiguous requirements into clear, long-lived solutions, he excels at spotting subtle UX and performance flaws that hinder adoption.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electronics Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Electronics Engineering Technology at Weber State University