# Richard Crowley

> OLTP at PlanetScale

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/richardcrowley

Engineer and engineering leader.  Recovering manager.  I just try to be useful and eat pizza.

## Work Experience
### Engineer @ PlanetScale
Jan 2024 – Present

### Advisor @ BOLDstart Ventures
Jan 2018 – Present

### Advisor @ Smallstep
Jan 2016 – Present

### Advisor @ ReadySet Technology, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### Principal @ Source & Binary
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Purveyor of secure, reliable, and compliant cloud infrastructure.

### Principal Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Operations Architect @ Slack
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020

### Director of Service Engineering @ Slack
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Director Of Operations @ Slack
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA

### Customer Advisory Board member @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Advisor @ Opsmatic
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015

### Head of Operations @ Betable
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA

### Operations Engineer @ Square
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA

### Founder @ DevStructure
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA

### Engineer @ OpenDNS
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco, CA

### Flickr Engineer @ Yahoo!
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco, CA

### Operations Intern @ Yahoo!
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Sunnyvale, CA


## Education
### Dual BS in Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Washington University in St. Louis

### Danville High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/richarddcrowley
- Portfolio: https://rcrowley.org
- Portfolio: https://src-bin.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-10