Tom Sightler
Vice President, Product Management at Veeam Software
South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Sightler is a seasoned technology and product leader with over two decades of hands-on networking and systems experience and nine years focused in product roles at Veeam Software, where he now serves as Vice President of Product Management. He combines deep expertise in Linux, open source solutions, network design, VoIP, VPNs, and wireless systems with a pragmatic approach to turning complex infrastructure needs into customer-first product strategies. Tom’s career blends early network engineering roots with senior architecture and product stewardship, giving him a rare view across implementation, integration, and market-facing roadmaps. Based in South Carolina and grounded by a BS in Computer Science, he is comfortable both in the command line and the boardroom, translating technical tradeoffs into business outcomes. Colleagues value his ability to bridge legacy operational realities with modern, cloud-ready product thinking.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Pensacola Christian College
Github Skills (130)
rtsp10
tuya10
python10
sctp10
pls10
automation10
publish10
home-assistant10
streaming10
mjpeg10
alarm10
mqtt10
philips-hue10
audio10
camera10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tsightler/ring-mqtt
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Ring devices to MQTT Bridge
Contributions:66 releases, 2103 commits, 353 PRs in 4 years
ringbridgemqtthome-automationmqtt-bridge
TheAgentK/tuya-mqtt
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
Nodejs-Script to combine tuyaapi and openhab via mqtt
Contributions:4 releases, 78 commits, 24 PRs in 2 years 5 months
openhab2openhabtuyamqtttuyapi
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