Summary
Taylor Mitchell is a versatile software engineer and tech leader with over 15 years of hands-on experience spanning DevSecOps, embedded systems, hardware/software prototyping, and startup product development. Based in Austin, he currently focuses on CI/CD, AWS app clusters, and product management for an open-source tool at BrainGu, bringing practical security and operational rigor to production systems. Previously he served a decade as CIO of a startup that tracked satellites and space debris via robotic telescopes, blending systems engineering with mission-critical operations. Taylor’s entrepreneurial drive shows in a patented Kickstarter-backed alarm product and an autonomous parachute delivery prototype, highlighting a knack for turning ambitious hardware ideas into funded, tangible products. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and combines deep technical breadth with product-minded execution across software and physical systems.
9 years of coding experience