Robert Rea
Chief Technology Officer at Graylog, Inc.
Irving, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Rea is a strategic technology executive and current CTO with 16+ years of software architecture and development experience and a track record of building predictable, high-performing engineering organizations. He combines hands-on expertise in Java, C#, Python, Go and cloud-first microservices on AWS with business acumen from an MBA in Finance and Accounting to align product roadmaps with revenue and cost-optimization goals. Robert has led security-focused platforms—designing SIEM, SOAR, endpoint telemetry and cloud workload protection—while driving scalable data lakes and multi-tenant systems at companies like Armor and Graylog. He is an active back-end contributor to the popular Graylog open-source log management project, adding GeoIP and core-server enhancements that improve log enrichment and system robustness. Known for mentoring engineering leaders, instituting delivery metrics, and managing R&D budgets, he excels at turning complex security requirements into operational, profitable products. Based in Irving, Texas, he blends deep technical craft with pragmatic business strategy to accelerate growth and operational maturity.
4 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Finance Accounting, MBA Finance Accounting at The University of Texas at DallasBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Southern Adventist University
Github Skills (15)
javas10
databases10
geoip10
mongodb10
data-integration10
sql-database10
java10
mongodb-database10
logging9
management8
logger8
syslog7
security7
json7
kafka6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
Graylog2/graylog2-server
Dec 2021 - Jul 2022
Free and open log management
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 89 commits, 25 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to back-end implementations within the Graylog2-server repository. Their work involved initial back-end implementation and the addition of features related to GeoIP resolution, including database integration. The commits also show a focus on refactoring and enhancing existing components, suggesting a role in improving the server's core functionality. The user's work impacts the system's ability to handle log data and augment messages with geographic information.
log-viewerloggingloggersecure-loggingsyslog
Graylog2/graylog-plugin-integrations
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
A collection of open source Graylog integrations that will be released together.
Contributions:14 reviews, 9 commits, 7 PRs in 1 month
releasedintegrationsgraylog
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