{"id":84409,"date":"2018-07-27T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T22:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=84409"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:31:07","slug":"welcome-tina-director-of-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-tina-director-of-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Tina — Director of Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Backblaze is getting bigger, and our engineering team is no exception! We’ve brought on a lot of great talent over the last few months, and we needed someone to make sure that team was running smoothly and efficiently. To make sure that our engineers have the tools they need and to keep all the projects moving forward we’ve brought on Tina, our Director of Engineering. Lets learn a bit more about Tina shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze Title?<\/strong>
\nDirector of Engineering.<\/p>\n

Where are you originally from?<\/strong>
\nSouthern California.<\/p>\n

What attracted your to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nProduct and people.<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nCloud backup software<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nSalesforce.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nCal Poly Pomona.<\/p>\n

What’s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nWorking with people who are passionate about building great software products and having fun while doing it.<\/p>\n

Favorite place you’ve traveled?<\/strong>
\nBora Bora.<\/p>\n

Favorite Hobby?<\/strong>
\nTraveling and exploring new restaurants.<\/p>\n

Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong>
\nBuilding great engineering teams.<\/p>\n

Star Trek or Star Wars?<\/strong>
\nBoth.<\/p>\n

Coke or Pepsi?<\/strong>
\nJasmine tea.<\/p>\n

Favorite Food?<\/strong>
\nFried chicken.<\/p>\n

Anything else you’d like to tell us?<\/strong>
\nI’m a foodie, and a Yelp Elite. You can find my reviews on Yelp.<\/p>\n

Tina joined us just a few weeks ago and has already had a positive impact. We are very excited to see where she leads the team going forward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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