Alex Forrow

Alex Forrow is a seasoned Technical Operations and Site Reliability Engineering leader currently serving as the Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Vonage. He has a strong background in scaling large, Linux-based platforms, with expertise in Infrastructure-as-code, containerization, extensive monitoring, and Continuous Integration.

Alex pursued his education at Havant College and later obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southampton. Throughout his career, he has held several key positions, including:

• Director of Engineering, Operations at Meltwater
• VP Infrastructure at DataSift
• Head of Operations at DataSift
• Systems Administrator at MediaSift Ltd
• IT Development and Support Analyst at Commercial Intelligence

His professional focus lies in managing and improving large-scale technical operations and site reliability engineering, particularly for Linux-based platforms. Alex is based in the Greater Reading Area.

It's worth noting that there may be another individual named Alex Forrow who works as a Business Manager at ShrinKit Ltd, with experience in business development in the packaging and containers industry.1 However, this appears to be a different person from the Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Vonage.