KÂ Partlow
Vice President Of Technology at PogoZone Internet Services
Bellingham Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolK Partlow is a seasoned technology executive with 12+ years leading IT strategy, architecture, and high-performing teams across manufacturing and ISP environments. As Vice President of Technology at Lynden Door, he scaled IT from a single-site operation to a nine-company group, architecting resilient networks, ERP integrations, and a $1M white-box spine/leaf platform that enabled manufacturing automation and EVPN isolation. He combines hands-on skills as a Java and .NET architect and test-driven development enthusiast with executive experience in budgeting, vendor negotiations, and disaster recovery planning. Beyond corporate IT, he helped grow a regional ISP 41x as a board director and network architect by introducing eBGP multi-homing, ARIN ASN routing, and geographic expansion. Known for rapid crisis response, he led a 300+ employee remote-work transition in three days during COVID-19, demonstrating pragmatic operational leadership. He blends deep infrastructure chops with a people-first approach to coaching, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology (IT), Bachelor of Science - Information Technology (IT) at Oregon Institute of TechnologyAssociate in Arts & Sciences, General, Associate in Arts & Sciences, General at Whatcom Community College
Github Skills (24)
deep-equals10
java10
zero-dependencies10
templating10
object-graph10
wpf8
html8
windows-forms8
winforms8
cefsharp7
llm7
gitlab7
browser7
rails6
ruby6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kpartlow/java-util
Jan 2015 - Feb 2025
Rarely available and hard-to-write Java utilities, written correctly, and thoroughly tested
Contributions:69 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 3 months
jvm-bytecodejava-agentstandard-libraryjava-utilitiesjar
kpartlow/json-io
Jan 2015 - Feb 2024
Perfect Java serialization to and from JSON format. Also, supports pretty-printing of JSON (matches jsonEditorOnline style).
Contributions:2 PRs, 134 pushes, 27 branches in 9 years 2 months
printingpretty-printingmatchesserializationjava-serialization
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