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Greg Leffler

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Director of Developer Evangelism & Lead Evangelist - Observability at Splunk
📍 Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Greg leads developer evangelism for observability at Splunk, leveraging over seven years of SRE and DevOps experience from LinkedIn and eBay. He drives strategy and serves as a subject-matter expert for flagship research. Colleagues describe him as a "great partner" and a "walking encyclopedia. "

Outside of his core role, Greg is passionate about employee development, having published a research paper on the topic based on his Masters thesis. During college at the University of Louisville, he was active in the Association for Computing Machinery and the Student Linux Users Group.

He was the very first Site Reliability Engineer hired for LinkedIns New York City office.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director of Developer Evangelism & Lead Evangelist - Observability
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Personality Overview

How Greg shows up

Hard To Convince
Judgemental
Upfront

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Greg cares about

Observability Strategy
He leads evangelism for Splunk's observability solutions and is a subject matter expert for the annual "State of Observability" study, focusing on monitoring and troubleshooting applications.
Developer Evangelism
His current role involves leading a team of engineer evangelists and creating engaging content like webinars, blogs, and presentations to help developers.
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Career

Work history

3-2021
Director of Developer Evangelism & Lead Evangelist - Observability
Splunk
5-2016 - 8-2017
Editor at Large
LinkedIn
3-2015 - 5-2016
Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
LinkedIn
11-2013 - 3-2015
Manager, Site Reliability
LinkedIn
5-2013 - 11-2013
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
LinkedIn
In the press

Media appearances

Greg Leffler's Blog Posts - Splunk. Featured in Splunk Blog
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Observability: It's Not What You Think. Featured in Splunk Blog
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Education
2013 - 2014
Certificate
Cornell University
2007 - 2009
Master of Science (MS)
Old Dominion University
2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
University of Louisville
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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