Scott Long
About Scott Long
Scott Long is a DevOps Manager at Virta Health and the Founder and CEO of Neural Northwest, Inc., with extensive experience in software engineering and site reliability.
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Scott Long is currently the DevOps Manager at Virta Health.
Professional Background at Virta Health
Scott Long began working at Virta Health as a Senior Software Engineer in 2021 and transitioned to the role of DevOps Manager in 2022. During his tenure at Virta Health, he focused on increasing immutability and control over infrastructure and deployments through tools like Terraform and GitOps.
Apex Clearing Corporation Experience
Scott Long served at Apex Clearing Corporation as Site Reliability Engineering Manager from 2020 to 2021, following his role as Senior Software Engineer Team Lead from 2019 to 2020. Both positions were based in Portland, Oregon, where he managed site reliability engineering operations.
Career at Digimarc
Scott Long had a decade-long career at Digimarc, starting as a Senior Software Engineer in 2008. He subsequently held positions as Staff Software Engineer from 2010 to 2016 and Senior Staff Software Engineer from 2016 to 2018. At Digimarc, he led a team that designed and developed C++ core libraries for digital watermark detection, targeting Android and iOS mobile devices, various embedded systems, and industrial processors.
Founder and CEO of Neural Northwest, Inc.
Scott Long is the Founder and CEO of Neural Northwest, Inc. based in Portland, OR. His role has spanned several years emphasizing his leadership in the company.
Educational Background
Scott Long earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Portland State University, where he studied from 1998 to 2003. He also attended Pomona College from 1998 to 2000.
Technical Expertise
Scott Long has extensive expertise in technologies including Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, Go, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK, and the GCP stack. He also has a deep interest in networking, digital signals, image processing, data mining, and software optimization.
Patent Holder
Scott Long holds 8 issued patents in his field, underscoring his innovative contributions to technology and software engineering.