Rick Tait
Chief Technology Officer at Hypermedia Systems
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolRick Tait is a seasoned technology leader and current Chief Technology Officer based in Los Angeles, with over two decades of hands-on experience in Internet infrastructure, UNIX systems, and datacenter/cloud engineering. He specializes in cross-functional process re-engineering, virtualization and cloud migrations (GCP, AWS, and in-house hyperconverged IaaS), and performance-driven re-architecture of sites, applications and networks. A bona fide UNIX expert who’s administered Linux since the 0.99pl4 days, Rick combines deep low-level systems knowledge with modern DevOps practices long before the term existed. He’s led organization-wide transformations from proof-of-concept R&D through implementation, merging vendor, project and engineering management to drive measurable ROI and revenue impact. Known as an early adopter and technology evangelist, he applies data, analytics and FEO/SEO insights to multiply business outcomes. His background spans high-growth consumer platforms and financial systems, giving him a rare mix of production resilience and strategic product-facing technology leadership.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Business Computing, BA (Hons), Business Computing at University of SunderlandAckworth Quaker Boarding School
English, go
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Github Skills (19)
gameserver8
jekyll6
google-oauth6
server6
kettle6
linux6
google-analytics-api6
shell5
command-line-tool5
bash5
slack-api4
browser-extension4
ruby4
accessibility3
golang2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rickt/gsuitemdm
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:633 commits, 611 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
rickt/slack-team-directory-bot
Mar 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:43 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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