Christopher Maher

Commander
DISC Type : D

Director of Platform Engineering at Ashley Global Retail

Greater Seattle Area, United States

Overview

Christopher is the Director of Platform Engineering at Ashley Global Retail, leading teams focused on DevOps and developer velocity. His career includes managing e-commerce and developer velocity teams at Twilio and Alaska Airlines, where he architected systems used by millions. He holds a Master of Science in Information Technology Management.

Outside of work, he is the founder of Defilan Technologies, where he develops open-source tools. A licensed ham radio operator (N7CPM) and self-described "prolific homelabber, " he has a passion for tinkering with hardware and building new things in his free time.

He created LLMKube, an open-source Kubernetes operator that enables organizations to run large language models in secure, air-gapped environments.

Personality Overview

Strong-Willed

Very Quick

Decisive

They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms.  They are not focused on building rapport and relationships. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.

Topics They Care About

Open-Source AI
He created and actively develops LLMKube, an open-source project to help organizations run AI models locally and securely on their own infrastructure.
Platform Engineering
His career is focused on leading platform, DevOps, and developer-velocity teams, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
Developer Velocity
At Twilio, he led the Developer Velocity team, focusing on reducing pain points and increasing efficiency for software delivery teams.

Media Appearances

Christopher has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2025
Director of Platform Engineering at Ashley Global Retail
4-2022 - 8-2025
Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Twilio
3-2020 - 4-2022
Software Engineering Manager at Alaska Airlines
7-2019 - 3-2020
Senior Software Engineer, E-commerce at Alaska Airlines
1-2019 - 7-2019
Software Engineer at Upbound

Education

11-2021 - 1-2024
Master of Science - MS from Colorado State University Global
Bachelor of Arts from Seattle Pacific University

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Insights For Selling To Christopher

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christopher is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christopher

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christopher move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Christopher take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Christopher

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