Colby Funnell is an accomplished software development manager with a wealth of experience leading teams and developing leaders. He has an impressive track record of building and managing products from the ground up, ranging from kernel tuning to front-end development and everything in between. Funnell's true passion lies in observability, or the delivery of system, application, and business insights for global-scale platforms. He currently serves as a Development Manager at Atlassian after having held previous positions at the company such as Senior Development Team Lead and Systems Engineer. Prior to his time at Atlassian, Funnell was a Senior Systems Engineer at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, a Network Consultant (contract) at Macquarie University, and a Senior Systems Consultant at Emerging Systems.