10 heads of platform engineering
Head of Platform Engineering, Director Platform Engineering and Director, Platforms Infrastructure are among the current titles held by these ten heads of platform engineering. A reader can learn how heads of platform engineering approach their work from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Amr Abdelhalem
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Head of Platform Engineering · Fidelity Investments
Amr Abdelhalem has been SVP, Head of Platform Engineering at Fidelity Investments since October 2017 and SVP, Head of AI Architecture and Platforms at Fidelity Investments since January 2026, based in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Amr Abdelhalem has been a Board Member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) since 2020 and was Chief Architect - Cloud and Container Services at ADP from 2013 to 2017.
Caius Howcroft
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director: Global Head of Platform Engineering, Infrastructure and Data Technology · Tradeweb
Caius Howcroft has been Managing Director: Global Head of Platform Engineering, Infrastructure and Data Technology at Tradeweb since May 2019, based in New York, New York. Caius Howcroft was Head Of Platform Technology at Citadel from 2016 to 2018, Director, Compute and Data Infra at Citadel from 2015 to 2016 and Team Lead Cloud Infrastructure at Bloomberg from 2013 to 2015.
Christian Emery
LinkedInExperience: Director of Infrastructure & Platform Engineering · Estes Express Lines
Christian Emery has been Director of Infrastructure & Platform Engineering at Estes Express Lines since July 2023, based in Moseley, Virginia. Christian Emery was Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering at CarMax from 2022 to 2023 and Manager, Enterprise Systems - Private Cloud & CI CD Infrastructure at CarMax from 2019 to 2022.
Christopher Verne
LinkedInExperience: Director, Platforms Infrastructure · Google
Christopher Verne has been Director, Platforms Infrastructure at Google since August 2025, based in San Francisco, California. Christopher Verne was Google Platforms Systems Director & Taipei Site Leader at Google from 2022 to 2025, Principal Engineer & Director, Capacity Engineering at Meta from 2019 to 2022 and Executive Director, Systems Technology Innovation Center at Lenovo from 2016 to 2018.
David Bell
LinkedInExperience: Director Platform Engineering · Credit Acceptance
David Bell has been Director Platform Engineering at Credit Acceptance since August 2024, based in the Greater Seattle Area, and describes leading AI Platform Engineering and cloud transformation work. David Bell was Director of Engineering: Platform Engineering, SRE and Infrastructure at REI from 2021 to 2024 and Sr. Manager - Core Platform Engineering at REI from 2019 to 2021.
Greg Pelly
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Engineering · Mercor
Greg Pelly has been Head of Platform Engineering at Mercor since March 2026, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Greg Pelly was Director of Engineering at Personio from 2023 to 2026, Director of Engineering at Rippling from 2022 to 2023 and Director Of Engineering at LaunchDarkly from 2019 to 2022.
Jipeng Han
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Engineering · Plaid
Jipeng Han has been Head of Platform Engineering at Plaid since January 2024, based in Sunnyvale, California, and describes leading the Platform Engineering teams at Plaid. Jipeng Han was Engineering Lead, Product & Data Platform at Plaid from 2021 to 2024 and Head of Engineering, Payments Risk and Modeling at Airbnb from 2020 to 2021.
João Mesquita
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Engineering · Lumos
João Mesquita has been Head of Platform Engineering at Lumos since December 2024, based in Québec, Canada. João Mesquita was Director of Software Engineering at Fullstory from 2021 to 2024, Senior Product Owner at LogMeIn from 2020 to 2021 and Software Engineering Manager II at LogMeIn from 2018 to 2021.
Natan Dubitski
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Engineering · Nooks
Natan Dubitski has been Head of Platform Engineering at Nooks since January 2026, based in San Francisco, California. Natan Dubitski was Head of Backend Infrastructure at Asana from 2019 to 2024, Senior Software Engineer II - Uber ATG at Uber from 2018 to 2019 and Engineering Manager at Uber from 2016 to 2018.
Sourabh Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Engineering · Keysight Technologies
Sourabh Sharma has been Head of Platform Engineering at Keysight Technologies since November 2014, based in Santa Clara, California. Sourabh Sharma was Database and Compute Lead – IT at Agilent Technologies from 2010 to 2014 and Service Delivery Manager – DB Operations at HCLTech from 2004 to 2010.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your current platform engineering role, and why?
- 02How have you decided what your own platform team builds and what it leaves to product engineering teams?
- 03Which measures have you used in your own work to judge whether a platform team is doing well?
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