Stephen Lauck is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building and operating cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps tooling. As co-founder of Distinguished LLC and RelativePath, he blends deep technical design with mission-driven training programs that help formerly incarcerated people enter DevOps careers. His prior roles as Field CTO and principal engineer at Chef, HashiCorp, and Contino reflect a track record of shaping enterprise DevOps strategy and delivering scalable automation across large organizations. Based in Stockton, California, he pairs hands-on engineering with leadership in product and services companies, moving systems from prototype to production. Trained in computer science with a background in multimedia and political science, he brings an uncommon mix of technical rigor and human-centered perspective to infrastructure problems. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex operational challenges into pragmatic, repeatable platforms.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Multimedia & Political Science, Multimedia & Political Science at Hampshire College
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science at University of Pittsburgh
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