Stark Pister

Stark Pister is an experienced DevOps professional with a strong background in cloud infrastructure and automation, currently serving as DevOps Automation Lead at Allen Institute since May 2019. Stark has successfully architected and implemented a Google Cloud Kubernetes-based microservice platform, designed CI/CD pipelines for multiple programming languages, and monitored service performance through cloud and logging metrics. Prior experience includes roles at MultiScale, where Stark managed Google Cloud environments and transitioned CI/CD processes, and Cirrent, where Stark developed an automated WiFi connection manager and maintained extensive AWS infrastructure. Stark's early career featured contributions to network reliability and sensor technology at companies such as Streetline, Metronome Systems, and Dust Networks, complemented by a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz.