George Lorch

George Lorch has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies in the technology industry. George currently works as an Engineering Manager at Moz since February 2023. Prior to that, from November 2022 to February 2023, they had a relaxing role at Toes in the Sand.

George spent a significant portion of their career at Percona, joining in April 2012. George held multiple roles at Percona, including Director of Server Engineering from February 2019 to November 2022, Principal Software Engineer and Technical Lead for TokuDB and MyRocks storage engines from January 2018 to February 2019, and Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead for TokuDB and MyRocks storage engines from April 2012 to January 2018. In these roles, they were responsible for supporting and maintaining customer features and issues within Percona Server, driving customer performance and feature needs to completion, and serving as a technical lead for TokuDB and MyRocks storage engine technology.

Before joining Percona, George worked at Alt-N Technologies, Ltd. A subsidiary of Research In Motion as a Software Developer from August 2008 to October 2011. Their role involved remotely leading a small, distributed team of elite developers in designing and implementing a native, MAPI wire protocol compatible 'Microsoft Exchange'-like array of servers.

George also worked as a Consulting Engineer at F5 Networks from March 2008 to August 2008, where they reverse-engineered MAPI/Exchange wire protocol to implement an inline acceleration solution for improving application performance. Prior to that, they worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Packeteer from May 2006 to December 2007, contributing to research and architecture of core product functionality and leading engineering efforts for various projects.

At Tacit Networks, George held roles as a Principal Software Engineer from April 2005 to May 2006 and as a Senior Software Engineer on a contract from April 2004 to April 2005. Their responsibilities included developing a Microsoft Outlook/Exchange attachment acceleration product and leading engineering efforts for a document and storage management product targeted at Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange.

George's career kicked off at Intertel Communications as a Senior Software Design Engineer from April 2004 to April 2005, where they resolved systemic and procedural issues within an enterprise messaging project and improved performance of a Message Store server.

George also worked at AttachSTOR as a Senior Software Engineer from January 2002 to February 2004 and at Teknow as a Senior Software Engineer from December 1997 to January 2002.

Overall, George Lorch has gained extensive experience and expertise in engineering management, software development, technical leadership, and project management throughout their career.

George Lorch's education history is not provided, as there is no information regarding their start year, end year, school name, degree name, or field of study. However, it should be noted that they obtained a certification titled "Developing Your Leadership Philosophy" from LinkedIn in December 2021.