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Nick Durkin

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Advisor at Magentai
📍 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

As Field CTO at Harness, Nick Durkin leads the global field and post-sales engineering teams, specializing in AI-driven software delivery and DevOps. His background includes managing critical infrastructure for the U. S. government and developing patented identity verification technology for the Department of Homeland Security.

He was one of the first nine employees at Harness, playing a key role in its growth to a $5. 5 billion valuation.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Advisor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Priorities

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AI in Software Delivery
Passionate about leveraging AI to simplify complex DevOps processes, reduce developer toil, and innovate beyond manual tasks like script authoring and rollbacks.
Future of Engineering
Frequently discusses his predictions for how software delivery and engineering teams will evolve, focusing on the strategic impact of AI and platform engineering.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Advisor
Magentai
8-2023
Field CTO - Global
Harness
11-2022
Advisor, Investor
Exploratory Sciences
8-2020 - 8-2023
Field CTO, VP Field Engineering
Harness
11-2019 - 8-2020
Field CTO, Director Sales Engineering
Harness
In the press

Media appearances

Eliminate the Stuff You Don't Want to Do with Harness featuring Nick Durkin. Featured in Top End Devs – Developer Toolbox Podcast
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Insights from Nick Durkin on software delivery and automation. Featured in Harness Blog
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