Summary
Christopher Hicks is a seasoned observability and SRE leader with 30+ years of systems administration and middleware experience. As Observability Lead at Tubi, he prioritizes projects, secures cross‑team buy‑in, coordinates international contributors, and launched a standardized service catalog and schemas. His hands‑on background spans Kubernetes on AWS, Terraform, Datadog, and cost‑aware monitoring, including migrating away from shared namespaces and onboarding services to the Datadog Service Catalog. He is the founder of Flamingo Internet Navigators, delivering training and consulting to government, financial institutions, and major enterprises. Based in Martinez, California, he blends deep technical execution with mentorship and strategic leadership to ship reliable, scalable systems.
12 years of coding experience