Katrina L V Bakas ^{Ultimate Decision-Maker}

Director of Infrastructure Engineering at IonQ

Current Job Duration: 5 mos (until March 2026)

HEADLINE:
Damn good technical leader. Decent human being. International speaker. Honest opiner.

PERSONAL SUMMARY:
Engineering and Product leader obsessed with solving needs customers don’t even know they (and lots of needs they know they) have in simple ways. I empower individuals to do great work by defining clear strategies and celebrating successes each step of the way.

I deliver well executed, reliable, and robust solutions predictably and empower folks around me to do their best work. I've led teams as large as 30 and as small as 3. I've enjoyed working all up the technical stack, from building internet-foundational products (like Spinnaker at Netflix and Amazon CloudFront) all the way up to building and maintaining customer-facing applications, too.

Languages: French, Spanish

EDUCATION:
School: University of Colorado Denver
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International/Global Studies
Activities: None

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