Topher Olson

As Chief Architect at Switchboard, Topher loves to code. Prior to Switchboard, he built the open-source distributed database TreodeDB. Before this, Topher spent six years at Google writing tools to manage its data centers, fleet of machines, and multitude of services. Topher also worked at WebMD and Oracle. When not writing features, refactoring code, and sleuthing bugs, he can be found lifting weights, shooting photos and eating. Topher holds an MS degree from UC Santa Cruz, and a BS degree at Carnegie-Mellon University.