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Leadership experience

A complete, proportionate record of current work, recent leadership, earlier experience, and the approved evidence connecting engineering decisions to operating outcomes.

Editorial orientation

Operating Map

A static reading path through the operating relationships reflected in the leadership record.

  1. People

    Shape teams, ownership, and operating context.

  2. Platforms

    Build platforms that make delivery repeatable.

  3. Reliability and Delivery

    Connect platform capability to dependable delivery.

  4. Economics

    Make technical and economic tradeoffs visible.

  5. Business Outcomes

    Connect engineering work to attributable outcomes.

Cross-record view

Leadership evidence matrix

The same approved record organized by operating dimension. Neutral cells indicate structure, not quality or status.

Leadership evidence matrix by experience record and operating dimension
Experience recordPeople and OrganizationPlatform and DeliveryReliability and RecoveryEconomics and Business
Independent product and platform engineeringAttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.
  • Riley is actively building Kybercel/Product Codex and Badgerlane.Individual contribution
  • Current work spans Kybercel/Product Codex and Badgerlane.Operating scope
AttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.AttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.
Pura
  • Riley built and led the SRE and Platform Engineering organization.Individual contribution
  • Built and led an 11-engineer SRE and Platform Engineering organization.Operating scope
  • The organization included four U.S.-based engineers.Operating scope
  • The organization included seven engineers in Vietnam.Operating scope
  • Riley built and led the SRE and Platform Engineering organization.Individual contribution
  • 3x deployment frequencyOrganization outcomeView evidence
  • 45% MTTR reductionOrganization outcomeView evidence
  • 99.95% SLA adherenceOrganization outcomeView evidence
  • 40% year-over-year cloud-spend reductionOrganization outcomeView evidence
  • 60% monitoring-cost reductionOrganization outcomeView evidence
Adobe
  • Riley led the SRE team.Individual contribution
  • Led a 10-member SRE team.Operating scope
  • Operated 60+ Adobe Experience Manager environments.Operating scope
  • Riley contributed to SOC 2 readiness for Adobe platform operations.Individual contributionView evidence
  • Riley contributed to enterprise data center-to-AWS migrations at Adobe.Individual contributionView evidence
  • Riley contributed to SOC 2 readiness for Adobe platform operations.Individual contributionView evidence
  • Riley contributed to enterprise data center-to-AWS migrations at Adobe.Individual contributionView evidence
  • Riley governed its material cloud operating scope.Individual contribution
  • Governed $22M+ in annual AWS/GCP spend.Operating scope
Lenovo, Stoneware, NovellAttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.
  • Riley worked across Lenovo, Stoneware, and Novell during this earlier-career phase.Individual contribution
  • The record groups this period without assigning unverified employer-specific dates or titles.Operating scope
AttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.AttributionApproved statements are presented with their public attribution. No separate approved statement is assigned to this operating dimension.

Complete record

Leadership chronology

Recent leadership receives detailed treatment; earlier work remains concise and proportional to its current hiring value.

Independent work

Independent product and platform engineering

2024–present

Mandate and relevance

Riley is actively building Kybercel/Product Codex and Badgerlane.

Riley's contribution

  • Riley is actively building Kybercel/Product Codex and Badgerlane.

Operating scope

  • Current work spans Kybercel/Product Codex and Badgerlane.

Evidence state

View Independent product and platform engineering experience record

Employment record

Pura

2022–2024

Mandate and relevance

Riley built and led the SRE and Platform Engineering organization.

Riley's contribution

  • Riley built and led the SRE and Platform Engineering organization.

Operating scope

  • Built and led an 11-engineer SRE and Platform Engineering organization.
  • The organization included four U.S.-based engineers.
  • The organization included seven engineers in Vietnam.

Evidence state

Related evidence

Organization outcome

  • 40% year-over-year cloud-spend reductionOrganization outcome
  • 60% monitoring-cost reductionOrganization outcome

Organization outcome

  • 3x deployment frequencyOrganization outcome
  • 45% MTTR reductionOrganization outcome
  • 99.95% SLA adherenceOrganization outcome

Individual contribution

  • Riley developed Pura's disaster-recovery strategy.Individual contribution

View Pura experience record

Employment record

Adobe

2015–2022

Verified titleSenior Manager

Mandate and relevance

Riley led the SRE team.

Riley's contribution

  • Riley led the SRE team.
  • Riley governed its material cloud operating scope.

Operating scope

  • Led a 10-member SRE team.
  • Operated 60+ Adobe Experience Manager environments.
  • Governed $22M+ in annual AWS/GCP spend.

Evidence state

Related evidence

Individual contribution

  • Riley contributed to SOC 2 readiness for Adobe platform operations.Individual contribution
  • Riley contributed to enterprise data center-to-AWS migrations at Adobe.Individual contribution

View Adobe experience record

Earlier career phase

Lenovo, Stoneware, Novell

2007–2015

Mandate and relevance

Riley worked across Lenovo, Stoneware, and Novell during this earlier-career phase.

Concise by design: this phase preserves chronology without implying employer-specific title or date precision.

Evidence state