Thornton Rose

Thornton Rose has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. In 2023, they worked as a Software Architect at Stable Kernel. Prior to that, from 2022 to 2023, they were a Principal Cloud Engineer and Engineering Manager at Rocket Partners, where they provided technical leadership for the design and development of various components using Java, Docker, and AWS services.

From 2018 to 2022, Thornton worked at Disney Streaming Services as a Tech Lead and Principal Engineer. In this role, they led the Build & Release team and played a major role in the design, development, and operation of CI/CD tools and services. Thornton also assisted development teams with build automation, CI/CD adoption, and general software development using multiple languages and build tools.

Before Disney, Thornton worked at IBM Cloud Video (Clearleap) as a Senior Software Engineer and Squad Leader from 2016 to 2018. Thornton was responsible for designing and developing fixes and features for subscriber management components and microservices. Thornton utilized technologies such as Groovy, Grails, Docker, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL.

Prior to IBM, Thornton worked at Ericsson as a Senior Software Engineer from 2011 to 2016. In this role, they designed and developed enhancements and defect fixes for video-on-demand applications and REST APIs for media delivery systems.

In 2008, Thornton had two roles at different companies. At LexisNexis, they served as a Senior Software Engineer and contributed to the design and development of various applications using Java, EJB, Groovy, and other technologies. At AutoTrader.com, they led the development of services, search, and infrastructure components for a classic cars website.

From 2007 to 2008, Thornton worked as a Senior Web Developer at AT&T, where they developed web applications for residential customers. Lastly, from 2004 to 2007, they worked at Accenture in various roles such as EM Architect and Lead Developer, where they planned and led benchmark testing, led the development of collections management systems, and contributed to the development of web services.

Overall, Thornton Rose has a strong background in software development and engineering roles, with expertise in a variety of programming languages, development tools, and cloud platforms.

Thornton Rose completed a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science from the University of West Florida from 1988 to 1991. Prior to that, from 1986 to 1988, Thornton studied Computer Science at Tulane University. In 2014, Thornton obtained certification as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from the Scrum Alliance.