tim obrien

Tim O'Brien is the Senior Director of Engineering and Cloud Cost Management at Walmart. He is also a Software Architect, with experience in all aspects of software development from project inception to developing scaleable production architectures for large-scale systems during critical, high-risk events such as Black Friday. Tim helped many organizations ranging from small startups to Fortune 1 companies take a more strategic approach to adopting and evaluating technology and managing the risks associated with change. Tim's commitment to innovation and excellence has earned him a reputation as a forward-thinking leader in the technology sector. His strategic approach to engineering challenges

Details:

• Organization: Wallmart
• Location: United Kingdom
• Education: BsEE, in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and High School Diploma from Mills E. Godwin High School
• Skills: Java and Open source

Experience:

• Group Director at Walmart Global Tech from Nov 2024 - Present 
• Senior Director of Engineering - U.S. Omni DevOps, SRE, and Release Management at Wallmart from 2022 - Mar 2023 
• Senior Technical Consultant - Walmart Global Products at Walmart from Feb 2013 - Dec 2015
• Consultant at Discursive from Mar 2004 - Apr 2014
• Online Editor & Reporter at O'Reilly & Associates from 2008 - 2012 
• Author at O'Reilly from 2004 - 2007 

FAQ's

1. What are the certifications received by Tim O'Brien?

FinOps Certified Practitioner from FinOps Foundation 

2. What were the responsibilities held by Tim O'Brien?

O'Brien was responsible for developing strategies that help Walmart manage its cloud expenses effectively.