Thomas Weisshaar
About Thomas Weisshaar
Thomas Weisshaar is a Site Reliability Engineering Manager with extensive experience in optimizing system usage and enhancing infrastructure reliability. He has worked for various companies, including G-Research, Smart Pension, and Deliveroo, and currently holds a position at Thought Machine in London.
Work at Thought Machine
Thomas Weisshaar currently serves as the Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Thought Machine, a position he has held since 2023. He operates in a hybrid work environment based in London, England. In this role, he focuses on enhancing system reliability and performance, ensuring that the infrastructure meets the demands of modern cloud applications.
Previous Experience in Site Reliability Engineering
Before joining Thought Machine, Thomas Weisshaar worked as a Site Reliability Engineering Manager at G-Research from 2022 to 2023 in London. He also held the same position at Smart Pension from 2020 to 2022. His experience in these roles involved managing site reliability teams and implementing strategies to improve system performance and uptime.
Technical Consulting Background
Thomas Weisshaar began his career as a Technical Consultant at akquinet AG from 2009 to 2011 in the Hamburg Area, Germany. This role provided him with foundational skills in system integration and technical support, which he later applied in his engineering management positions.
Education and Expertise
Thomas Weisshaar studied Network and System Administration at Technical College, Kiel, where he achieved the qualification of IT specialist for system integration from 1998 to 2001. He furthered his education at Berufsakademie an der Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein, earning a Diploma in Business Informatics and Project Management from 2004 to 2007. His educational background supports his expertise in system reliability and project management.
Leadership Roles in Engineering
In addition to his site reliability roles, Thomas Weisshaar served as an Engineering Manager at Deliveroo from 2019 to 2020 and as Team Lead Platform Engineering at Camelot Lottery Solutions from 2016 to 2019. In these positions, he was responsible for leading engineering teams and developing strategies to optimize system performance.