A true, trusted startup infrastructure guy. His great amount of experience leads him to be a good mentor. He's technically articulate, reliable in a production incident, and reasonable but passionate in decision-making. He takes ownership of what he builds and has a great ability to balance doing things the right way but within practical reason.
Ben Standefer, Founder & CEO
Has the depth of knowledge that only the most seasoned systems engineers possess. Automation, packaging, Puppet, AWS, cluster management, capacity planning, etc. are mundane tasks, which is why you'll find him regularly reaching beyond normal duties for other, more interesting, challenges. A systems engineer who can program, or a programmer who knows systems engineering inside and out.
Joe Stump, Principal Engineer at Google (formerly SimpleGeo)
Always strives for improvement, and freely shares his experience and skills to the betterment of those around him.
James Downs, Software Engineering Architect at Salesforce
An excellent systems engineer and any team would be lucky to have him on their side. He made countless contributions towards making our infrastructure more consistent and maintainable. He not only always got the job done, but also strove to avoid hacks and implement things the right way.
Ron Gorodetzky, Co-Founder at GoodCTZN (formerly Digg)
One of the best infrastructure engineers I've ever worked with, a fine coder as well, and someone who looks at a problem with all angles and has examined every argument before he presents a solution. I'm definitely a better engineer because I worked with him.
Jeff Pierce, Independent Technical Consultant (formerly Spectrum Game Creations)
