Jonathan Poland in

Jonathan Poland

Login to view DISC.
Director of Engineering at OBM, Inc.
📍 Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area, United States

Jonathan is a Director of Engineering at OBM, Inc. with over 15 years of experience in security and network infrastructure. A founding member of Arbor Networks, he helped scale the company significantly. People describe him as pensive, measured, and possessing serious technical skills. He holds a BSE from the University of Michigan.

His entrepreneurial spirit is evident from his founding of two distinct startups: Keen Glow, an IoT product designed to help parents build routines for their children, and Locumocity, a two-sided marketplace for the medical industry. He is also a licensed private pilot.

Unique fact: He co-founded a tech startup with two neurosurgeons to secure seed funding from a prominent investor.

Read the full overview →
Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Jonathan shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics Jonathan cares about

Data Center Efficiency
His recent role at OBM, Inc. focuses on creating solutions to address the growing power consumption of data centers, a topic he is thrilled to be working on.
Network Security
With over 15 years in the field and as a founding member of security firm Arbor Networks, this remains a core area of his professional expertise.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

1-2026
Director of Engineering
OBM, Inc.
8-2022 - 1-2026
Senior Engineering Manager
Blumira
8-2016 - 7-2022
Independent Consultant
Consultant / Self-Employed
7-2016 - 12-2021
Founder & President
Keen Glow
1-2015 - 7-2015
Founder/CTO
Locumocity
In the press

Media appearances

No media yetWe could not find public media appearances for this person.
Education
1996 - 2000
BSE (Cum Laude)
University of Michigan
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Jonathan. Free, 10 seconds.