☁️ Wes Novack

Wes Novack has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. ☁️ Wes is currently the Vice President of Engineering at Marq, where they are responsible for all technology functions, including software engineering, architecture, devOps/SRE, security, quality, performance, marketing development, and IT. Wes played a key role in scaling Marq's initial team of 5 to a product and engineering organization of 25 across 3 teams in the United States and Latin America. Under their leadership, the teams achieved a significant increase in product enhancements compared to the previous three years.

Prior to their role at Marq, Wes served as the Director of Engineering at Pluralsight. ☁️ Wes led a group of 3 teams consisting of 16 software engineers, product managers, and devOps personnel. One of the teams focused on platform engineering, driving engineering efficiency across the company. The other team, known as the Incognito team, was responsible for product security. Wes also held the position of Lead Systems Architect and Lead Systems Engineer at Pluralsight, where they played integral roles in various cloud engineering initiatives and oversaw the growth of the Cloud Engineering & DevOps group.

Before joining Pluralsight, Wes worked at Verizon as a Systems Architect for PaaS web hosting. ☁️ Wes designed, built, configured, and supported enterprise-class server farms for web hosting and persistent services. Wes also provided senior-level technical support for over 2000 web applications on the shared hosting platform.

Earlier in their career, Wes worked at RankOne Media as the Manager of the News team. ☁️ Wes built and managed a team of remote journalists, overseeing the publication of technology news articles. Additionally, Wes has experience as a Systems Administrator at MCI Communications, where they provided support for call centers, telephony systems, and server administration.

Overall, Wes Novack's work experience demonstrates their proficiency in technology leadership, engineering management, cloud architecture, and system administration.

Wes Novack completed their education with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Information Technology from Western Governors University, starting in 2013 and finishing in 2015. Prior to that, they pursued an Associate in Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Glendale Community College between 2000 and 2003. In terms of certifications, Wes Novack obtained a SaltStack Certified Engineer (SSCE) certification from SaltStack, but the specific month and year of achievement are not provided.