Chris Hirsch

Chris Hirsch is a highly experienced technology professional with a strong background in DevOps and software engineering. Currently serving as a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer at Velocity Global, LLC since April 2022, Chris enhanced observability for the business by introducing Datadog dashboards and improving communication with the support team. As the Owner of KiaTek LLC since January 2005, Chris has provided IT and hosting solutions. Previous roles include Staff Engineer at Wayfair, where contributions were made to a Golang application for Kibana and Elasticsearch, and Principal DevOps Engineer at Trace3, focusing on customer engagement and DevOps best practices. Chris has held key positions at Intel Corporation, McAfee, MX Logic, EWA, and Tecomac, demonstrating expertise in software development, deployment, and team collaboration throughout a diverse career that began with a BS in Computer Science from Colorado State University.