About

Daniel Mangum is a Senior Software Engineer at Upbound with over 5 years of relevant experience in the industry. He is a Crossplane Maintainer and Kubernetes SIG Release Tech Lead, which showcases his expertise in the field of Kubernetes and DevOps. Daniel is passionate about writing code that writes code, and his LinkedIn profile features his personal website where he shares his coding projects and experiences. His current role at Upbound involves working on software development and engineering projects, where he utilizes his extensive knowledge of AWS, ECS, Terraform, and Docker. Prior to his current role, Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at Upbound and as a Consultant at Slalom, where he led the full migration of on-premises Oracle data warehouse to AWS Redshift. He was also the Lead Cloud Engineer on a containerized Groovy Spring Boot application deployed to Elastic Container Service, where he used Docker, Terraform, Consul, ECS, and API Gateway to ensure a seamless deployment process. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also completed an Undergraduate Bootcamp in Finance. He attended Ensworth for his high school education. In addition to his technical skills, Daniel is a team player with excellent communication skills. He is always eager to learn and is committed to delivering high-quality work. With his extensive experience in software engineering, Kubernetes, and DevOps, Daniel is a valuable asset to any organization looking to develop and deploy complex software systems.