Summary
William Caudill is a Lead Platform Developer with two decades of hands-on experience designing large-scale data processing systems and end-to-end DevOps for both startups and established enterprises. He has repeatedly led cloud migrations, serverless architectures, and fully automated DevOps pipelines, most recently guiding platform strategy at Meridian Cooperative after architecting modern migrations at PCS and CoMetrics. Founder of the open-source Naos project, he focuses on simplifying builds, deployments, and cloud provisioning for small teams, blending pragmatic tooling with production-grade reliability. Comfortable setting technical vision and executing it independently, he pairs strategic leadership with deep implementation skills across data ingestion, ETL, APIs, and infrastructure. A serial founder and community builder, he also co-founded a regional developer meetup that evolved into Tech Talks KY, reflecting his commitment to mentoring and knowledge-sharing. Based in the Greater Lexington area, he brings a track record of innovation and repeatable delivery rather than theoretical credentials.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Did not complete Computer Science, Did not complete Computer Science at Southern Polytechnic State University
Did not complete Math, Did not complete Math at Bellevue College
American School of Dubai
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Christ School
Did not complete Computer Science, Did not complete Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Emirates International School
French, Spanish, English, scots gaelic