Wes Stark

Wes Stark has over 25 years of work experience, with a focus on software engineering and leadership roles. Wes is currently the VP, R&D Software Engineering at Clario since 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Cengage from 2019 to 2022, where they held the title of VP, Software Engineering and was responsible for overseeing customer-facing products and shared services. Wes also has experience at Elsevier, where they held various roles including VP, Software Engineering and Senior Director, Software Engineering, leading globally distributed teams and managing products generating significant revenue. Earlier in their career, they worked at Maritz Inc as a Technical Lead and at Caterpillar as a Sr. Software Engineer. Throughout their career, Wes has leveraged various technologies such as Java, Spring, React, Oracle, MongoDB, AWS, JIRA, Jenkins, and Selenium.

Wes Stark holds a Bachelor of Science degree, Cum Laude, from Illinois State University. Their major was Applied Computer Science, with a minor in Business Administration. No specific dates are provided regarding their education at Illinois State University.