Summary
Reed Kinning is a technology consulting manager and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building AWS-backed, messaging-driven distributed systems. He has progressed from hands-on platform and senior engineering roles to leading technology consulting at EY, bringing practical expertise in cloud architecture, reliability, and scalable messaging patterns. Reed’s background blends a BA in Philosophy with computer science and entrepreneurship minors, reflecting a pragmatic, systems-oriented thinker who also cares about product and business tradeoffs. He has held platform engineering and remote systems engineering roles at Nuvalence and Flowroute, and has run solo principal engineering engagements, showing comfort shipping end-to-end solutions in both startup and enterprise contexts. Based in Los Angeles, he pairs technical depth with client-facing leadership, often translating complex distributed systems problems into actionable roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) BA Philosophy Minors in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) BA Philosophy Minors in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Business Administration and Management General, Business Administration and Management General at University of Denver
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