Summary
Kelly Joyner is a seasoned technical program manager and infrastructure leader who excels at scaling operations through code, automation, and data-driven decision making. In her current role at Google as UFO Software Lead TPM for Physical Infrastructure New Product Introduction, she oversees the software that forecasts, plans, orders, and automates Google's data-center technologies—rack, power, cooling and robotics—ensuring new designs are efficient and maintainable. She previously led LinkedIn’s infrastructure automation organization, growing a team of 20 to automate configuration, monitoring, and asset management at internet scale while delivering cost-effective, reliable infrastructure. Her background spans senior roles at Yahoo and other tech giants, with hands-on experience in Unix systems, automation platforms, and ITIL-aligned inventory databases. She champions agile, transparent leadership and open, tested tooling that treats infrastructure as code, with a strong emphasis on observability, remediation, and alerting. Based in San Jose, California, she brings a Bay Area track record of delivering scalable, enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions and a pragmatic, value-driven approach to building systems that make the world a little better.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Russian, Computer Science, Russian at Texas A&M University