Summary
Zoltán Németh is a seasoned software engineering manager and architect with over two decades of hands-on experience building and operating large-scale streaming platforms, rising from backend lead to senior technical staff at IBM and now leading SRE and network teams at Google. He played a pivotal role in growing Ustream into IBM Watson Media, owning architecture, security, compliance (including GDPR and ISO readiness), and multi-million dollar infrastructure savings through CDN and vendor consolidation. Comfortable toggling between code, infrastructure and executive-facing responsibilities, he routinely represents engineering in pre- and post-sales discussions and shapes product roadmaps. His practical innovations include on-demand transcoding and software-defined CDN components, reflecting a blend of systems design and cost-conscious operational rigor. Based in Dublin, he combines startup agility with enterprise governance, mentoring managers and guiding cross-functional teams through cloud migrations and security transformations. An international speaker and inventor, he brings an uncommon mix of deep technical craft, security leadership, and customer-facing pragmatism.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering at University of Szeged