Eddie Herbert
About Eddie Herbert
Eddie Herbert is a Platform Engineering Manager with extensive experience in engineering best practices, particularly in data engineering teams. He has held various roles at Red Ventures and other organizations, focusing on automation, project planning, and technical debt management.
Current Role as Platform Engineering Manager
Eddie Herbert serves as the Platform Engineering Manager at Red Ventures, a position he has held since 2023. In this role, he focuses on implementing engineering best practices within data engineering teams. He utilizes Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies and Terraform to configure workflows in Databricks. His leadership aims to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness in delivering technology solutions.
Previous Experience at Red Ventures
Eddie Herbert has extensive experience at Red Ventures, where he worked in various capacities. He was a Senior Platform Engineer from 2018 to 2021 and later served as a Senior Platform & Data Engineer, Team Lead, from 2022 to 2023. During his tenure, he led initiatives to deprecate technical debt and replace it with maintainable solutions. He also developed project plans and roadmaps for the Platform team, covering both short-term and long-term objectives.
Experience at Samaritan's Purse
Before joining Red Ventures, Eddie Herbert worked as a DevOps Engineer at Samaritan's Purse from 2017 to 2018. His role involved contributing to the organization's technological infrastructure in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. This experience helped him build a strong foundation in DevOps practices and methodologies.
Background in Software Engineering
Eddie Herbert began his career as a Full Stack Engineer at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, where he worked from 2016 to 2017. He later co-founded Atomized, serving as Chief Technology Officer for five months in 2021. His diverse background in software engineering and leadership roles has equipped him with the skills necessary to drive technical initiatives and manage engineering teams effectively.