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Evan Pon

Energizer · DISC type I
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
Personality Overview

How Evan shows up

Believer
Big Picture Person
Enthusiastic

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections. They are naturally enthusiastic, so take their promise with a pinch of salt.

Priorities

Topics Evan cares about

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
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1996 - 2000
B.A.
University of California, Berkeley
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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