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Éamon Ryan

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Senior Principal Field Engineer at Grafana Labs
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Éamon is a Senior Principal Field Engineer at Grafana Labs with extensive experience in observability and infrastructure, stemming from his time at VMware and Pivotal. He holds a BSc in Software Development and numerous VMware certifications. Colleagues describe him as a "critical contributor" with "broad and deep knowledge. "

Originally from Ireland and now based in California, Éamon is a vocal proponent of open-source technology and a frequent speaker at major tech conferences like KubeCon and All Things Open. In his free time, he is an avid gamer and enjoys tinkering with his home lab, which includes a Raspberry Pi cluster.

He was the first member of Grafana Labs Field Engineering team, pioneering the companys "Customer 0" mentality.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Senior Principal Field Engineer
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Open Source Software
A strong proponent of OSS, he contributes to projects, speaks at events like All Things Open, and prioritizes working for open-source-focused companies.
Observability Stacks
His work revolves around the Grafana, Prometheus, and Mimir stack. He frequently writes blog posts and speaks about observability, monitoring, and performance.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Senior Principal Field Engineer
Grafana Labs
2-2021 - 5-2023
Principal Field Engineer
Grafana Labs
4-2020 - 2-2021
Senior Solutions Engineer
Grafana Labs
12-2016 - 3-2020
Advisory Solutions Architect
Pivotal
7-2013 - 12-2016
Staff Solutions Architect
VMware
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Media appearances

Blog author Éamon Ryan | Grafana Labs. Featured in Grafana.com
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Meet the Grafana Labs team: Solutions engineer Éamon Ryan. Featured in Grafana Blog
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Education
2006 - 2010
BSc Honours in Software Development
Munster Technological University
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