Bret McGowen: software engineer and former Developer Advocate for serverless at Google, focusing on serverless Google Cloud products like Cloud Functions, App Engine, Firebase, machine learning APIs, and more. See some of his presentations on serverless at Google Cloud or check out Bret's GitHub.

He's currently working at a startup that's focused on improving the human condition. It's time to start adding positive energy to the world instead of anger and cruelty.

Prior to Google, Bret worked in the cloud industry at Rackspace as a software engineer. Before that, he led engineering teams at e-commerce, non-profits and tried his hand at creating two startups. He's often on the running trail, volleyball court or kickball field.

Bret earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University.

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