Doug Hoard

Doug Hoard is an experienced software architect and technical leader, currently serving as Principal Customer Success Technical Architect at Confluent since May 2019, with a progressive career that includes roles as Staff and Senior Technical Architect, as well as Technical Account Manager. Prior experience includes key positions at Papa John's International as Solutions Architect and Application Architect, where Doug was responsible for the design and implementation of digital solutions using technologies like Java and REST-based APIs. Doug also has a background at IBM as an Advisory Software Engineer, focusing on web conferencing solutions, and previous roles at Digital Freight, eCampus.com, and DataBeam, which involved developing and supporting various software applications. Doug holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky.