Blake Matheny

Blake Matheny is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in software engineering and architecture across various organizations. Blake's career includes significant roles such as Senior Director of Engineering at Meta, Facebook, and Lacework, and VP of Engineering at Tumblr, ChaCha, and Compendium. Blake's work spans areas including security services, Linux kernel development, and system architecture, with a strong focus on technical strategy, team management, and product support. Early career contributions include research in artificial intelligence and machine learning at Purdue University and the development of scalable authentication systems at Sprint. Blake holds a degree in Applied Mathematics from Purdue University.