Christopher Brown<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>: I'm from Montana, and live now in Seattle with 1-2 years each in France, UK and South Africa. I was there at the birth of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EC2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EC2</span></a> in Cape Town. I've built or worked at several startups (Internap, Chef, Fastly), 10 years at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, 10 at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> where I'm currently a Sr. Principal Engineer in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mechatronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mechatronics</span></a>. I'm into <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a>, especially urban and people, also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GojuRyu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GojuRyu</span></a> karate, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a>. Both of my children are artists, and they get that talent from their mother.</p>