Russell Simpkins
Product Operations Manager
Monroe, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRussell Simpkins is a Product Operations Manager at Google with over two decades of hands-on programming and software leadership experience, and a dozen years in product-focused roles. He combines deep technical breadth—from Java, PHP and C/C++ to cloud platforms like EC2 and GMA SDK mobile integrations—with a track record of launching high-impact ad products and automating operational toil. At Google he’s driven zero-impact launches for SDK Bidding, scaled multimillion-dollar features like iLTV, and cut manual logging dependencies by 80% through documentation and product influence. Previously he led architecture and engineering teams at The New York Times, building resilient ad and email platforms and driving migrations to cloud and continuous delivery. Known for creating high-performing teams and practical documentation, he still digs into legacy code and low-level problems that others avoid. Based in Monroe, CT, he blends systems architecture instincts with product empathy and a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to ops and launches.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
AS MIS Computer Programming, AS MIS Computer Programming at Asnuntuck Community
Github Skills (33)
codeception10
testing9
unit-testing9
phpunit9
acceptance-testing9
bdd9
php9
google9
integration-testing9
google-cloud8
file-encryption8
gcp8
full-stack8
large-language-models7
vertex-ai6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
russellsimpkins/ensemble
Feb 2014 - Nov 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 5 pushes in 6 years 10 months
restfuljavascriptensemblenodejsneed
russellsimpkins/rust-framework
May 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:110 commits, 2 pushes in 11 months
apilight-weightlightrestfulphp
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