Chris Kolb

About Me

I started out as a developer working for a small startup in travel industry automation, and have spent the last couple of decades growing through the ranks of tech lead, manager, and then to manager-of-manager roles. Over this time, I have run teams covering software engineering, operations, reliability, security-adjacent work, and platform/tooling for developers. I now focus my efforts on shortening the time until revenue recognition, advancing tooling and process to improve developer quality of life, and reducing operational toil through helping infrastructure teams modernize their mindset and skills.

My emphasis is on healthy manager communities, developing senior ICs, scaling through systems and processes rather than heroics, and creating clarity in complex environments. Passion over the last several years has focused on the enjoyment of getting to know each person's primary motivation and connecting them with work that is meaningful to them, while turning loosely defined technology spaces into sustainable, well-owned domains with clear strategy and measurable outcomes. Personal values I emphasize in my leadership are transparency, integrity, psychological safety, and big-picture thinking. When confronted with the tension of ambiguity, I focus on conveying a sense of calm in a way that is direct but supportive.

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Contact

You can email me at chris at ctkolb.com.

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