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Evan Pon

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Director Of Engineering at Thistle
📍 Portland, Oregon, United States

Evan is a seasoned engineering leader with experience at Thistle, Conversa Health, and Amazons Goodreads. A UC Berkeley graduate, he specializes in software architecture, notably breaking monolithic applications into microservices. Colleagues describe him as a compassionate, thoughtful, and strong engineering mind capable of mentoring teams.

Outside of his formal roles, Evan is a creator and builder. He co-founded a company called Orange Door Armory to develop and launch iPhone games. He has also contributed to open-source, writing a custom Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) for DynamoDB that is available on GitHub.

He once built his own custom ORM for DynamoDB and published it as an open-source project.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director Of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Software Architecture
At Amazon, he led the complex initiative of breaking the monolithic Goodreads. com application into a modern, service-oriented architecture integrated with Amazon's infrastructure.
Engineering Leadership
He has held Director and VP of Engineering roles, and a past recommendation highlights his strength in mentoring both junior and senior engineers.
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Career

Work history

11-2020
Director Of Engineering
Thistle
VP of Engineering
Conversa Health
Director Of Engineering
Conversa Health
9-2013 - 12-2014
Software Development Manager
Amazon
Co-founder
Orange Door Armory
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Education
1996 - 2000
B.A.
University of California, Berkeley
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