Shane Johnson
Chief AI Agent Herder at Agentican
Brentwood, California, United States
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Top SchoolShane Johnson is a seasoned technology leader with 14 years of experience bridging software engineering, distributed databases, and product marketing. Currently serving as Chief AI Agent Herder at Agentican, he combines deep technical roots in Java and distributed systems with a knack for translating complex capabilities into compelling developer-focused product narratives. His career spans senior roles at Snorkel AI, MariaDB, Couchbase, and Red Hat, where he shaped go-to-market strategies for big data and database platforms while staying hands-on with architecture and code. A lifelong learner and sci-fi fan, he’s recently immersed himself in LLMs and agent orchestration, bringing practitioner empathy to AI productization. Based in Brentwood, CA, Shane still codes for fun and often uses his developer credibility to advocate for innovative products to engineering audiences. Beyond titles, he’s known for turning deep technical insight into clear positioning that accelerates adoption among engineers and architects.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Distributed Systems, Master of Science (M.S.), Distributed Systems at DePaul UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Management, Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management, Computer Information Systems at University of Tampa - John H. Sykes College of Business
Github Skills (7)
typescript5
home-assistant4
iot3
mqtt3
documentation3
home-automation3
internet-of-things2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shane-k-j/jboss-trading
May 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
tqvarnst/gridlogz
Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:9 commits in 2 days
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