John McGowan

John McGowan is an experienced technology professional currently serving as the Principal Site Reliability Engineer and Tech Lead at Major League Baseball since April 2021. Previously, John held various roles at Wowza Media Systems, including Engineering Manager, where responsibilities involved managing DevOps and Infrastructure as Code teams, and supporting Wowza's cloud-native deployment strategy. John's career also includes significant contributions as a Senior Systems Engineer and Software Engineer, focusing on cloud infrastructure and web development. Earlier experience at L2 Interactive as Software Engineer and Director of Technology included developing a custom content management system and managing data center operations. Professional beginnings were at Motorola, working on features for GSM Cellular Base Station software. John earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.