About

Blake Gardner is a seasoned technology leader with over 18 years of relevant experience in the field. As the current Chief Technology Officer at CrowdHealth, Blake is leading the charge in disrupting the $2.6 trillion healthcare market with an alternative payment solution. He has facilitated a successful migration to AWS, implemented a docker-based CI/CD pipeline, and created a secure HIPAA-compliant cloud computing environment with AWS. Blake has a proven track record of scaling startups from zero to over 250 employees, going IPO, and serving as a board-facing CTO. He has managed the technical diligence and integration of five different acquisition companies. As a hands-on manager, Blake has spent his career leading successful software engineering teams as a VP of Engineering and CTO. Blake's real-world experience deploying APIs and micro-services that process billions of transactions per day from ad-tech applications to consumer-facing web and mobile apps that serve millions of users is impressive. He has extensive experience with Javascript, Typescript, PHP, Python, MySQL, Redis, and big-data storage engines. He has deployed large-scale applications on massive bare-metal clusters and cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud. Blake has a passion for CI/CD pipelines and test-driven development. His past experience includes being the CTO at Semo, a direct-to-consumer insurtech platform that is positioned to be the Credit Karma of auto insurance. He has also served as the CTO at Amigo Travel, Inc., where he managed back-end, front-end, and mobile development teams. Blake's expertise in AWS, Senior Software Engineering, CI/CD, Javascript, Typescript, Backend, Docker, NodeJS, Ruby, Web, Ethereum, Mobile, Blockchain, Smart Contract, test, Redis, PHP, MySQL, Microservices, Integration, qa, Research Scientist, Frontend, and Python makes him a valuable asset to any organization.