Eric Gitangu

About

With 10 years of experience and 80+ e-learning certifications in software engineering and leadership, I currently serve as the Director of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer at Vishnu Systems, Inc. I specialize in cloud development, AI/ML, blockchain, DevOps, MLOps, CloudOps and SecOps, driving innovative solutions for health delivery organizations, medical device manufacturers, and innovation centers. In my role, I oversee the entire product lifecycle, from vision setting and market research to engineering coordination and strategic partnerships with marketing and sales teams. My focus is on understanding customer needs within the AI/MLSEC industry vertical, identifying opportunities for new products and features, and ensuring our solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with market demands. I lead multidisciplinary teams, blending strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise to deliver impactful and reliable software solutions. I hold several certifications, including Kubernetes: Microservices, AWS for Developers, Python Data Analysis, and Decentralized Applications (DApps). My commitment to continuous learning and excellence has been recognized through prestigious honors such as the Microsoft Scholarship and Google Scholarship, along with consistent placements on the Dean’s List. Throughout my career, I have contributed to various projects and organizations, including Baw Bab Technologies, TruStacks, Reinsurance Group of America, Deveric Technologies, Vecima Networks Inc., Veracode, and IBM. My diverse experience spans developing cloud-based infrastructures, enhancing DevOps orchestration platforms, leading fintech and e-commerce solutions in Africa, and improving security solutions for enterprise clients. Explore my work and achievements on my Portfolio and connect with me on LinkedIn. Let’s collaborate to drive technological innovation and create solutions that make a difference. Top Skills: - Cloud: AWS Cloud, Google Cloud Platform & Azure - Programming Languages: Python, Java, Golang, Rust, React, C++, JavaScript, Solidity, NextJS - Ops: DevOps, MLOps, SecOps Certifications: - Kubernetes: Microservices - Rust Fundamentals to Advanced - Data Engineering: Python ETL & Data Analysis - Decentralized Applications (DApps) - AWS Certification for Developers - Pursuing DVA-C02 Honors & Awards: - Microsoft Scholarship Recipient (2012-2013) - Google Scholarship Recipient (2011-2012) - Dean’s List (2011 - 2014)

Experience

• Director of Engineering · Vishnu Systems, Inc.01-01-2024

  Engineering lead, securing AI & ML application, processes & devices, I lead the end to end Solution delivery working hands on and guiding the vision of the company in this niche market vertical.

• Project Lead Developer · Baw Bab Technologies, Inc.04-01-2023

  Baw Bab Technologies, Inc. a Seattle-based software platform Digital Address logistics Infrastructure developer and a Microsoft partner. As the lead developer I am responsible for Baw Bab plans to develop and implement innovative technologies that is a vertically integrated business model that include, Proprietary Digital address logistics infrastructure and real-time navigation systems for Last-mile delivery for non-traditional addresses.

• Software Engineer · TruStacks01-01-2023

  TruStacks DevOps Orchestration and end to end software delivery platform easing the adoption of development best-practices and workflows. Stacks are integrated developer workflows that take out the guesswork of the DevOps developer needs to support the deployment of my applications. Deliver consistent, reproducible code using industry standard tools and best practices. We invert the imperative DevOps solutions by delivering declarative, deterministic stacks built by industry and community experts. In my tenure I contribute to the open-source initiative to build on the Stacks toolchain, custom pipelines to support various workloads such as the tasks defined in a project’s CI/CD protocols, encompassing various frameworks from fetching dependencies, running tests, building, staging, security tests with the premise, git push, go home.

• Professional Development · Career Break07-01-2022 – 04-01-2023

  Health and wellbeing. I also took the time for my personal professional growth.

• Senior Software Engineer · Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated01-01-2022 – 07-01-2022

  I work as a member of a rather small collaborative team to consistently deliver complete software deliverables within our product development life cycle by writing test driven software leveraging unit tests TDD (Jest) - test driven development, Integration and Functional testing leveraging e2e testing tools as cucumber, puppeteer and cypress and submit working code according to schedules set by finance and project owners to ensure sufficient test coverage and correctness. We work on a strict and versatile scrum cycle, a hybrid version of Agile Methodologies (Scrum)/ Kanban process by as guided our business requirements. Due to our team size, we are tasked with a lot, including being on duty after hours, to support the various applications we support across various countries each tailored for the country in terms if access/role granularity and localization. I continue to not only suggest but demonstrate efficient and appropriate solutions to meet product requirement and keep current in emerging concepts and adopt up-to-date technologies to complete ad hoc projects. Tech Stack: (MEAN/ MERN): React, Node, Angular, Mongo. Legacy: grails, groovy, Shell Scripts. DB: SQL, Postgres, Mongo and various other monitoring and logging applications.

Education

• University of Massachusetts LowellBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Mathematics (minor)

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