Summary
Perry Myers is a seasoned software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience and a deep technical pedigree in infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud platforms, currently serving as Technical Advisor for Core Platforms Engineering at Red Hat. He has led large, cross-functional organizations and delivery of enterprise-grade products—most notably growing Red Hat’s OpenStack contributions from a small team to the project’s top contributor while launching RDO and production-ready RHEL integrations. Comfortable from kernel-level engineering to user-facing systems, Perry blends hands-on architecture with people-first management, scaling teams to 40+ engineers and instituting processes that improved quality and release cadence. He is passionate about open source and continuous integration, with a track record of turning upstream community work into enterprise offerings like RHEV-H and RHEL OpenStack Platform. Based in Pennsylvania, he pairs advanced academic training (M.S. in Computer Science) with defense- and industry-grade experience in autonomic security, virtualization, and systems research.
18 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Lafayette College
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at University of Virginia
English