Brad Urani is an accomplished software engineer with expertise in developing critical systems and applications for hyper-growth software companies and startups. He has a strong background in management, data infrastructure, web application architecture, hiring, database management, teaching, developer advocacy, open source, and team building. Over his career, he has led engineering teams in construction management, fintech, e-commerce, social networking, and educational gaming companies. Brad is also a prolific conference speaker, having given over 40 talks on various technical subjects including data engineering, scaling organizations, Ruby on Rails, Elixir, functional programming, database design, and front-end web development.

Brad studied at MICDS and holds a degree in Business, MIS, and Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business. He is currently a Principal Software Engineer at Procore Technologies, where he designs and builds critical systems and applications for the company. Brad has also served as a Staff Software Engineer at Procore Technologies, Director of Engineering at Upside / Envestnet, Chief Software Architect at Pushup, Software Development Lead at Cat5 Commerce, Co-Founder at Camel Bay Learning Systems, Chief Operating Officer at Plastic Lumber Co. of America, Lead Software Developer at Pegasus Programming Solutions, and Founder / CEO at Cosmic Yo-yos.

Brad Urani is a skilled software engineer, manager, and public speaker with a track record of building critical systems and developing strong teams. He has expertise in data infrastructure, web application architecture, and database management. Brad is also passionate about teaching and open-source initiatives.