Zach Hilliard is a seasoned infrastructure and reliability leader with 12 years of experience building resilient, scalable cloud platforms and operational teams. Currently VP of Infrastructure at Selector after leading Site Reliability Engineering at Cyxtera, he blends strong CNCF and Python fluency with a pragmatic focus on automation to reduce toil and accelerate growth. His background spans hands-on Unix and cloud engineering through to management roles at Verizon and Red Hat, giving him a rare balance of deep technical troubleshooting and strategic platform design. Based in Irving, Texas, he champions mentoring future tech leaders and has a track record of shipping repeatable infrastructure patterns that keep services reliably available. Notably, his career arc shows steady progression from NOC and HPC work to executive infrastructure leadership, reflecting both curiosity and sustained operational impact.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
Stackstorm pack to provide functionality for a tesla car / fleet
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Zach Hilliard - Vice President Of Infrastructure at Selector