John S. Adair

John S. Adair has extensive experience in the field of software engineering and technology leadership. John S. currently holds the position of Senior Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at OJO Labs since 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Cloudera from 2014 to 2022, where they served as a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead. Before joining Cloudera, John held the role of Senior Java Developer and Performance Architect at Zilliant from 2004 to 2014. John S. also worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Vignette from 2002 to 2004, and as a Java Developer at Matrix.net from 2001 to 2002. Earlier in their career, they served as an Application Architect at Question Technologies in 2001, an Architect and Co-Founder at Syncwave Networks from 2000 to 2001, and an Application Architect and Software Project Manager at Living.com in 2000. Their work experience also includes a position as a Senior Member of Technical Staff and Project Team Lead at Orillion USA from 1997 to 2000.

John S. Adair earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Rice University from 1985 to 1989. John S. then pursued a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin, completing it from 1991 to 1996. Prior to their university education, John attended Pearland High School.