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10 eBay IT leaders
These ten current and former eBay IT leaders have held director-level and above roles at eBay in data centers, connectivity and edge, telecom and networks, server and storage infrastructure, cloud data, customer service technology and employee collaboration platforms. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at eBay from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aldrin Isaac
LinkedInExperience: Director, Site Network Engineering · eBay
Director, Site Network Engineering at eBay since September 2020. Aldrin Isaac previously held Senior Director roles on data center, software and switching product teams at Juniper Networks (2015–2020) and CTO, Chief Network Scientist at Bloomberg, and a highlight mentions leadership across network design, development and operations.
Charles Hill
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Data Center Services · eBay
Senior Director, Global Data Center Services at eBay since March 2016; a highlight says Charles Hill leads eBay's data center group with overall responsibility for eBay's data centers. The profile also lists Director, Global Data Center Services at eBay (2016–2020) and Sr. Data Center Manager at Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T (1997–2016).
Jeff Stokes
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Telecom & Infrastructure · eBay
Director - Global Telecom & Infrastructure at eBay since October 2019. A highlight describes Jeff Stokes as a senior IT infrastructure leader responsible for strategy and business critical network infrastructure. The profile also lists Sr. Director, Network Services at Convergys (2014–2019) and other director roles there in infrastructure planning and network services.
Jian Xu
LinkedInExperience: Director, Software Development · eBay
Director, Software Development at eBay since October 2018, based in Shanghai; a highlight gives the title as Director of eBay Infrastructure Engineering and says the role merged engineering and operations teams to close automation gaps. Jian Xu was also Senior Software Development Manager at eBay (2016–2018).
Joel Wride
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Connectivity, Data Center and Edge Services · eBay
Senior Director, Connectivity, Data Center and Edge Services at eBay since September 2021. A highlight describes Joel Wride as an experienced director of global network, data center and edge services, with skills in global connectivity including DWDM, xPLS and dark fiber, and in data center colocation and edge compute.
Jonathan Pickard
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Cloud Data & Storage · eBay
Sr. Director, Cloud Data & Storage at eBay since February 2023, after serving as Director, Data Infrastructure Platform there (2022–2023) and Director, Analytics Data Infrastructure & Data Center Automation (2019–2022). Jonathan Pickard also held Senior Manager, Cloud DevOps and Data Center Automation at eBay (2015–2019).
Justin D.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering and Collaboration Platforms · eBay
Director of Engineering and Collaboration Platforms at eBay since July 2019; a highlight says the role develops services that help employees be as productive as possible, and the headline lists IT operations and collaboration. Justin D. was also Director Of Architecture (2018–2019) and Senior IT Architect (2015–2017) at eBay, and Senior IT Architect at PayPal (2006–2015).
Ken DeVore
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, IT Enterprise Services · eBay
Former Director, IT Enterprise Services and Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Services at eBay (2001–2008), roles tagged at director level in engineering and technical. Ken DeVore later served as Director, Data Center and Network Infrastructure Services at Adobe (2008–2017) and earlier was a Naval Aviator in the US Navy.
Suman Arya
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director CS Tech Infra & Tech Ops, Customer Service Technology at eBay · eBay
Senior Director CS Tech Infra & Tech Ops, Customer Service Technology at eBay since March 2021, after serving as Director, Technology, Global Customer Experience there (2015–2021). Suman Arya also lists Enterprise CRM Applications Manager at eBay (2003–2013) and a senior manager role in enterprise customer service technology at PayPal (2013–2015).
Suman Pain
LinkedInExperience: Director, Server & Storage Infrastructure Engineering · eBay
Director, Server & Storage Infrastructure Engineering at eBay from 2017 to 2026 and Sr. Director - Software Development (Cloud Storage Engineering) there since April 2026. Earlier at eBay, Suman Pain was Senior Manager, Server & Storage Infrastructure Engineering (2014–2017) and Sr. MTS in the same group (2009–2014).
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose eBay area matches your question, such as running data centers, network and telecom, storage and server infrastructure, technology for customer service teams, or employee collaboration tools. Check each person's dates to see whether their eBay experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which workloads stay in owned data centers and which move to public cloud?
- 02What does a global network and telecom team need to plan for when a marketplace operates in many countries?
- 03How do you prioritize employee technology and collaboration tools against infrastructure work?
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