Chad Walstrom

Chad Walstrom has a rich work experience spanning over two decades in various roles and industries. Chad is currently working at Gravie as a Lead Software Engineer, where they are responsible for disrupting the Health Insurance market by writing software in Clojure, ClojureScript, and Groovy. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at the same company, leading a team of developers and providing on-call technical support for custom applications.

Before joining Gravie, Chad worked at Granicus as a Senior Platform Engineer, where they primarily managed AWS Cloud resources and CI/CD pipeline using tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, Jenkins, and Docker. Chad also provided technical support for infrastructure and backend applications.

In their earlier career, Chad held positions such as Lead Systems Engineer at Zayo Managed Services, assisting in the design and deployment of various systems for customers. Chad also worked at the College of Biological Sciences, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, XtraTyme Inc., Real Time Enterprises Inc., eBenX Inc., LTi Flexible Products Inc., and Northern Lakes Data Corp.

Overall, Chad Walstrom's work experience showcases their expertise in software engineering, systems management, infrastructure support, and team leadership in diverse industries.

Chad Walstrom attended the University of North Dakota from 1992 to 1994, where they studied Chemical Engineering but did not obtain a degree. Chad then transferred to the University of Minnesota Duluth and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. In addition to their academic qualifications, Chad has obtained certifications in "Supervision Fundamentals" from MRA - The Management Association and "GIAC Security Essentials" from the Global Information Assurance Certification in February 2005.