Christopher Bown

Christopher Bown is a seasoned technology professional with extensive experience in cloud operations and software engineering. Currently serving as Principal Software Engineer II at Stratus since September 2025, Christopher previously held the position of Lead Cloud Operations Engineer at RevolutionParts, where leadership of AWS infrastructure operations and a team of engineers demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, cost optimization through AI tools, and automation scripting. Prior roles include Senior DevSecOps Engineer II at Updater, where Christopher migrated applications to AWS EKS and enhanced security measures, and Manager DevSecOps Engineer at Carvana, driving significant transformation in deployment practices and cloud expenditure reduction. Christopher’s career began at American Express as Lead Programmer Analyst, followed by a leadership role at Ad Foresight. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from DeVry Phoenix.