Summary
Mitch Ferrer is an engineering manager and principal architect with 12 years of experience building scalable, cloud-native platforms and leading distributed engineering teams from Longmont, Colorado. He has driven large-scale architecture transformations, CI/CD and observability initiatives at IBM and AppRiver, and now leads engineering at Splunk with a focus on automated, secure delivery and value-based investment decisions. Mitch blends hands-on technical depth—early adoption of containerization and infrastructure-as-code—with strategic enterprise vision, roadmapping, and governance from his consulting work. He is practiced at hiring and mentoring engineers, fostering remote-first, async collaboration, and translating complex business needs into practical, auditable solutions. An uncommon strength is his track record of coaching teams to adopt SRE/DevSecOps practices while delivering measurable product and revenue impact.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Associate's degree at Tallahassee Community College
University of West Florida