Ash McKenzie

Staff Engineer, Product Security @ GitLab 🦊 | Ruby & Go Enthusiast

About Me

I am a Staff Engineer based in Australia, working at GitLab since April 2018. I specialise in software and systems engineering with a focus on making my team more productive. Above all, I value being courteous, honest, genuine, grateful, kind, and helpful in both my professional and personal life.

Values That Resonate With Me

🤝 Collaboration

Say thanks

Say sorry

No ego

📈 Results for Customers

Dogfooding

Give agency

Bias for action

⏱️ Efficiency

Boring solutions

Respectful of others' time

Managers of one

🌐 Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

Asynchronous communication

See something, say something

Family & friends first

👣 Iteration

Don't wait

Embracing Iteration

Make small merge requests

👁️ Transparency

Public by default

Single Source of Truth

Say why, not just what

Notable Projects & Contributions

GitLab

Contributions to the core GitLab product.