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Charles Howes has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Charles is currently a DevSecOps Engineer at Netskrt Systems Inc. (since 2021). Prior to that, they worked at Unbounce as a DevSecOps Engineer (2020-2021) where they contributed to reducing dependency vulnerabilities and eliminating critical GitHub-reported vulnerabilities. Charles then served as a Senior Systems Development Engineer at Loop Insights (2019-2020) and was responsible for managing AWS infrastructure, analyzing data lakes, and installing monitoring solutions.

Before that, Charles worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in various roles including Systems Development Engineer II at HoneyCode (2017-2019), Systems Engineer II/Systems Development Engineer II at EC2 Autoscaling (2015-2017), and Systems Engineer II at Directory Services (2014-2015). In these positions, they were involved in building and expanding AWS services, managing incidents, and ensuring system stability.

Charles also has significant experience in software development and systems administration. Charles served as the President of Packets Consulting Inc. (2003-2014), where they handled Linux/Unix systems administration and software development. Additionally, they worked as a Perl Developer at Global Relay (2012-2014) and a Systems Administrator at Rieseberg Lab (2012). Earlier in their career, they were a Systems Manager at Hallam Lab, University of British Columbia (2009-2012), where they developed bioinformatics software and managed systems and laboratory robotics.

Overall, Charles Howes has a strong background in DevSecOps, AWS infrastructure management, software development, and systems administration.

Charles Howes completed their education in a chronological order. Charles attended Simon Fraser University from 1987 to 2003, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Following that, they enrolled at The University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2009, earning a Bachelor of Science (honors) degree in Biotechnology. Additionally, from 2005 to 2007, they attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology, where they obtained a DiT degree in Biotechnology.