Brian Genisio is an Engineering Manager at Khan Academy with over 25 years of full-stack engineering experience. He brings a hands-on management style that combines his technical expertise with a people-first approach. Under his leadership, his team has achieved several notable accomplishments, including contributing to a successful re-write of Khan Academy’s system architecture.
Brian is also an experienced speaker and has presented at several conferences and usergroups throughout his career. He has been recognized for his contributions to the tech community as a Microsoft MVP and was a co-founder of Southeast Michigan JavaScript (SEM.js), one of the largest tech meetups in Ann Arbor, MI. As a leader of SEM.js, Brian helped organize events, lead discussions on emerging technologies, and foster an inclusive community of like-minded professionals.
Slaying the Goliath: Lessons learned from a full system re-write
Brian Genisio shares the lessons we learned from our multi-year journey, including project planning, team management, technical challenges, testing and deployment, and post-project analysis.
