Summary
Ryan Cox is a seasoned infrastructure and security leader with 15 years of experience building and operating reliable, large-scale systems from senior engineering roles at NetApp and Lyft to his current role as Senior Director at Temporal Technologies. He blends hands-on engineering depth with strategic leadership, guiding cross-functional teams to design resilient, secure cloud-native platforms. His background includes long-tenured work in storage and distributed systems, bringing practical expertise in performance, availability, and operational excellence. Known for translating complex technical requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he fosters strong engineering practices and incident readiness. Based in Seattle and grounded in a Computer Science education from NC State, he pairs enterprise-scale experience with startup agility. Colleagues would note his steady focus on marrying security posture with developer velocity to enable safe, fast innovation.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at North Carolina State University
English, French