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Jonathon Brouse

Proven leader and mentor with 20 years of experience aligning technical innovation with strategic business outcomes. Broad industry expertise building scalable, secure and compliant platforms across IoT, e-commerce, healthcare, and edtech.

About me

Father, thinker, tinkerer. I'm driven by curiosity and grounded in purpose. My work blends creativity with clarity, whether I'm shaping ideas, systems, or stories.


I find inspiration in the world around me—through travel, the beauty captured in a single image, and the wisdom embedded in principles, laws, and practices that continue to resonate today. I learn from those who came before, draw energy from music and the arts, and find joy in beautiful weather and the quiet loyalty of dogs.

Skills

Discover the proficiencies that help me turn vision into reality.

Operational Excellence

Expert in streamlining systems and processes to enhance reliability, reduce waste, and drive continuous improvement.

Coaching at All Levels

Experienced in fostering growth across team members from junior to executive levels.

Strategic Execution

Adept at leading complex engagements from vision to delivery.

Cloud Architecture

Experienced in designing and deploying scalable, secure, and cost-effective systems across cloud environments.

System Design

Skilled in making pragmatic architectural decisions that support growth, reliability, and team velocity.

DevOps Practitioner

Committed to applying DevOps principles to accelerate delivery, enhance reliability, and strengthen team collaboration.

Lean/Agile Software Development

Driven advocate for Lean and Agile adoption, introducing practices that improve team alignment, delivery speed, and customer value.

AI Solutions & Integration

Design and deployment of AI-powered applications, including custom agents, synthetic training data pipelines, and context-aware AI systems.

Security & Compliance

Committed to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data through thoughtful security and compliance strategies.

Work experience

Co-Founder
Curiqa Inc, Philadelphia, PA
2023 - 2024

Founded and led a generative AI startup focused on special education, developing an AI assistant and image generation tool from MVP through customer-driven iterations. Built systems to support data-informed decision-making, ensured compliance with education standards, and managed a cross-functional contractor team to align strategy and execution.

Director of Engineering
NeuroFlow Inc, Philadelphia, PA
2021 - 2023

Led product and platform engineering teams, aligning cross-functional efforts with business and product priorities. Introduced agile and lean practices, supported team growth through regular coaching and certification goals, and maintained 99.99% uptime through strategic planning and risk management. Championed internal knowledge sharing, launched engineering meetups, and was selected for NeuroFlow’s inaugural leadership program.

Lead Security & Site Reliability Engineer
Blackfynn Inc, Philadelphia, PA
2017 - 2021

Led SRE and security engineering efforts, supporting successful HIPAA and CFR Part 11 audits and contributing to acquisition due diligence. Introduced scrum practices to improve data team efficiency, and established incident response processes to reduce alert fatigue and improve system reliability. Delivered security workshops, streamlined onboarding, and launched a university co-op program. Collaborated on platform features and architected ETL pipelines alongside Data Science. Designed GxP validation workflows and managed AWS infrastructure.

DevOps Engineer
Sparta Systems, Hamilton Township, NJ
2016 - 2017

Served as a DevOps and Agile coach, leading AWS infrastructure initiatives with Terraform and architecting solutions such as S3 virus scanning. Supported QA automation efforts to improve testing efficiency and delivery quality.

DevOps Engineer
Zonoff, Malvern, PA
2014 - 2016

Led containerization and infrastructure initiatives for an IoT microservice architecture, introducing Docker and infrastructure as code with Puppet, Terraform, and Packer. Managed multi-cloud environments across Rackspace and AWS, and streamlined CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory. Represented the company at technical recruiting events and community meetups.

Prior experience available upon request or found on LinkedIn.







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