Kristie is an Engineering Leader at Netflix. She has over twenty years of experience, beginning as a soldier in the US Army where she specialized in Information management systems and led troops in Operations Enduring and Iraq Freedom, during three deployments to the middle east.
Following her military service, Kristie relocated to Washington, D.C. and worked for the federal government for a number of years.
After serving the country as a soldier and a civilian she transitioned to Corporate America and began a new chapter at Google, as a Hardware Operations Manager for Google Data Centers and then Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). In Jan 2021, she accepted a role as an Engineering Manager with Netflix, leading the Critical Operations and Reliability Engineering team.
Kristie prides herself in being an advocate for veterans, women, and people of color in the tech industry by learning to navigate the landscape and leaving the map for others to follow. She is passionate about coaching, sharing her story, and inspiring greatness in others.
Reducing the burden of incident response on your teams
Unlock system reliability through a culture of shared responsibility and collaboration
How Netflix, Teachers Pay Teachers, Honeycomb, and more used observability in 2021
Engineering leaders reflect on their observability wins over the past year
