Brett Watanabe

Brett Watanabe is a highly skilled software engineer with extensive experience in data platform development and engineering. Currently serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Temporal Technologies since June 2025, Brett previously held various roles at LiveRamp from June 2021 to June 2025, including Staff Software Development Engineer and Senior Software Engineer, focusing on workflows for healthcare clients that generated approximately $15 million in annual revenue. Prior to LiveRamp, Brett worked as a Data Scientist at Cox Communications, creating ETL pipelines in AWS, and held multiple positions at Workday from May 2016 to July 2019, where responsibilities included leading teams and developing key features for managing student information and financial processes. Earlier experience includes working as a Software Development Engineer at Mitchell International and as a Biostatistics Teaching Assistant at the Keck Science Department. Brett holds a Master of Science in Analytics from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Claremont McKenna College.