Randy Burgess
Vice President Of Technology at MPI Media Group
Lake Quivira, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolRandy Burgess is a seasoned technology leader with 25+ years of experience and a track record of scaling engineering teams and products across startups, nonprofits, and media companies. As Vice President of Technology at MPI Media Group, he blends hands-on engineering (Go, Ruby on Rails, React) with strategic leadership, having previously led engineering and CTO functions at companies like Hireology, Shipwell, and Innovations for Learning. He’s comfortable across the full stack and cloud-native toolchains—designing APIs, service-oriented architectures, and CI-driven delivery pipelines—while also mentoring developers as a former coding bootcamp instructor. Based in Lake Quivira, Kansas, Randy pairs practical product delivery with nonprofit impact experience focused on literacy, reflecting a rare mix of commercial and mission-driven technology leadership.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, Management Information Systems, BBA, Management Information Systems at University of Georgia - Terry College of Business
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Github Skills (132)
heroku10
vanilla-javascript10
choices10
buildpack10
selectbox10
sidekiq9
select29
mri9
jruby9
multiselect9
authentication9
ruby9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wrburgess/kc-tennis
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:28 PRs, 221 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
wrburgess/garage-directions
Mar 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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