William Kolean
Technology Director at R/GA
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolWilliam Kolean is a seasoned technology director with over a decade leading full-stack teams to deliver marketing, consumer and enterprise web platforms for clients like Google, Nike, Goldman Sachs and Volvo. Based in Tokyo, he embeds engineering squads in client organizations to ship high-frequency site launches and integrated experiences using TypeScript, Angular/Vue, Node, Python and Google Cloud Platform. William pairs hands-on architecture and front-end expertise with people leadership—scaling teams, mentoring developers, recruiting talent and managing project lifecycles across global stakeholders. His portfolio includes building localized, hardware-integrated experiences (Nike Digital Sport), mission-critical fintech web apps for Goldman Sachs, and a CMS/API that powered PwC’s iOS thought-leadership app—demonstrating a knack for turning complex integrations into repeatable platforms. An early web veteran from Fotolog and a background in music, he brings a creative, product-minded approach to engineering and cross-cultural collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Music, BS, Music at Kalamazoo College
Github Skills (8)
ansible10
automation10
docker10
vagrant10
virtualization10
ruby10
vagrant-plugin9
exec7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wkolean/vagrant-docker-exec
Feb 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 5 years 2 months
containersexecvagrantvagrant-plugindocker
wkolean/vagrant
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:12 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
ansiblevagrantdockerenvironments
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