Russell Allen
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Allen is a senior software engineer and seasoned technology leader with over three decades of experience and 11 years in recent professional roles designing and delivering scalable, secure SaaS and enterprise systems. He led the greenfield architecture and engineering of NetFoundry’s multi-cloud, microservice-based zero-trust platform and has a track record of building high-availability, HIPAA-compliant systems in healthcare. As a former director who ran a 32-person development organization, he blends hands-on Java/Spring expertise and identity/authentication subject-matter knowledge with strategic planning, hiring, and process improvement. He thrives in organizations that prioritize thoughtful action and critical thinking, mentoring engineers while setting technical vision and standards. Based in Charlotte, NC, he pairs advanced degrees in computer science and leadership with a pragmatic, educator’s approach to engineering—equally comfortable in code, architecture, and organizational leadership. An often-overlooked strength is his history of bridging deeply regulated domains and modern cloud-native practices, turning complex compliance requirements into reliable, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Alabama at BirminghamMaster of Arts, Business Administration, Master of Arts, Business Administration at Pfeiffer UniversityHS Diploma, HS Diploma at Cairo American College
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Github Skills (55)
mesh10
spring10
overlay10
java10
zero-trust10
spring-auto-restdocs9
vpn9
networking9
security9
spring-boot9
golang9
robust9
trust9
network9
embedded8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Russell-Allen/jackson-morphed-result
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year 9 months
Russell-Allen/mm
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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