Bryant Jimin Son
Bryant Jimin Son is a Senior Solution Architect at GitHub and the President & Founder of a non-profit association KAITA
Bryant Jimin Son is a Senior Solution Architect at GitHub. At his current professional work, he is working with multiple clients to deliver and to support GitHub products for the customers. He is also the President & Founder of a non-profit association KAITA, which is a non-profit association that provides mentorship and career development for Koreans and professionals in technology around the world. He has more than a decade of experiences in the industry and has been working in various roles including software engineer, software architect, and technical leader. When he is not busy, you can usually finding him spending his spare time on building side projects at his favorite coffeeshops, writing blogs, or learning new things.
Skills & School
- B.S. in Computer Science at University of Texas at Austin
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at University of Texas at Austin
- Minor in Business Foundation at University of Texas at Austin
Professional Careers
| Company | Position | Location | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Senior Solution Architect | Remote - Dallas, TX & Bellevue, WA | Mar 2021 - Present |
| Red Hat | Senior Consultant | Remote - Dallas, TX | May 2018 - Mar 2021 |
| Citi | Tech Lead, Citi Cloud | Irving, TX | Oct 2014 - May 2018 |
| American Airlines - Operation Research | Operation Research Consultant | Fort Worth, TX | Jun 2013 - Oct 2014 |
| American Airlines - AA.com | Object Oriented Programmer Analyst | Fort Worth, TX | Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 |
| American Airlines | Software Developer Intern | Fort Worth, TX | May 2011 - Aug 2011 |
| IBM - Tivoli | Software Developer Co-Op | Austin, TX | Sep 2010 - Dec 2010 |
| Home Depot Austin Technology Center | Software Intern | Austin, TX | May 2009 - Jul 2009 |
| UT Austin - DIIA | Web Developer Part-Time | Austin, TX | Feb 2008 - May 2009 |
| UT Austin - ITS | Proctor Part-Time | Austin, TX | Jun 2005 - Aug 2007 |
| PBS - Austin | Engineering Workstudy | Austin, TX | Sep 2006 - Dec 2006 |
Leadership Experiences
| Community | Position | Period | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub OctoAsian D&I COB | Co-Leader | July 2022 - Present | Leading GitHub OctoAsian D&I COB group together with seven other OctoAsian leaders by hosting multiple cultural events, regularly syncing up with two VPs, connecting with Microsoft Asian ERG, and planning events such as AAPI May heritage month event: github.github.com/octoasianconf |
| GitHub Copilot ES Offering Team | Active Contributor | June 2023 - Present | Contributing multiple resources and materials for GitHub Copilot Expert Delivery through activities such as developing Copilot Intermediate Developer training, creating and managing GitHub Copilot demo organization, and mentoring and helping fellow coworkers. |
| GitHub Central & Pubsec Copilot Virtual Group | Leader | Dec 2023 - Present | Leading Copilot Virtual Group for Central & Pubsec group by encouraging fellow Delivery Engineers to share knowledge with GitHub Copilot, to scale the number of Delivery engineers who can deliver GitHub Copilot trainings, and to collaborate together on Copilot projects, and to sync up with other two Virtual Group leaders. |
| KAITA (Global Korean IT Association - non-profit) | President & Founder | July 2017 - Present | Leading a global non-profit IT association group of more than thousand members together with five other leaders that spread geographically across the United States, South Korea, and other countries. Hosted over 60 physical meetups around the world, hosted two conferences, and collaborated with South Korea government units and were featured in multiple Korean newspapers. |
| Sung Kyun Kwan University (Paid) | Remote Professor part-time | May 2022 - July 2023 | Taught Korean university students for 6 weeks about git, GitHub, cloud, and DevOps by dedicating about 1.5 hours each week (evening) to run a virtual class, scheduled weekly1-on-1 meeting with each student, assigned homework’s, projects, and tests. Mentored students to publish their GitHub Actions final projects to publish in GitHub Actions Marketplace, and guided the students to present in GitHub Korea virtual Meetups. |
| GitHub Korean Meetup | Organizer | June 2021 - July 2022 | Hosted multiple virtual Korean Meetup events by collaboration with other units within GitHub. |
| Dallas area Red Hat Consultants group | Co-Leader | July 2018 - May 2021 | Led the monthly knowledge sharing, happy hour events, both virtual and physical for Red Hat consultants based in Dallas, Texas. |
| Citi - weekly lunch group | Organizer | Oct 2014 - May 2018 | Led the weekly lunch group that span across multiple units in Irving, Texas to encourage the fun network. |
Side Projects & Jobs/Hustles
| Project | Position | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAITA (Non-Profit) | President & Founder | Jul 2017 - Present | Lead a global non-profit IT association group geographically spread across the United States, South Korea, and other countries |
| Udemy (Paid) | Instructor | Oct 2023 - Present | Published 2 courses (Git/GitHub and web design) in Korean language |
| Sung Kyun Kwan University - South Korea (Paid) | Remote Lecturer | May 2022 - Dec 2023 | Taught Korean university students for 6 weeks course for three semesters (Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Summer 2023) about GitHub, Git, cloud, DevOps, and web design |
| Online group for Koreans sharing finance information | Founder | Jan 2019 - Present | Found and lead an online grop for Koreans sharing tips and information about investment, finance |
| Fluent Language Line Solution (Paid) | Contract Language Interpreter | Dec 2017 - May 2018 | Visited a local Dallas hospital to help translating for Korean patients |
| Purplesight (Non-Paid) | CTO & Co-Founder | Aug 2011 - Dec 2011 | At the UT Austin, started a proect that displays unbiased political data using AI/ML and statistical algorithm |
Public Speaking
| Event | Date | Talks | Location | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI in Production | February 14, 2024 | Let's Build a Website in 10 minutes with GitHub Copilot | Virtual | English |
| ProgramEquity | November 9, 2023 | TDD + GitHub Copilot | Virtual | English |
| Longhorns PHP Conference | November 3, 2023 | COD - Copilot Driven Development: Double developer productivity and make work more fun | Austin, Texas | English | Git Merge 2022 | September 14, 2021 | Git it right! | Chicago, Illinois | English |
| GitHub Universe 2021 - South Korea | December 9, 2021 | GitHub Universe Recap | Virtual | Korean |
| GitHub Universe 2021 | October 28, 2021 | Amazing GitHub Actions: cloud provisioning, report automation, and more! | Virtual | English |
| 2020 Smart Business Expo with KAITA, Dallas Korean Chamber of Commerce | 11/02/20 - 11/06/20 | Hosted event, invited everyone, and spoke about vision of KAITA | Virtual (Dallas, Texas and Korea) | Korean |
| KAITA 2nd Conference | January 5, 2019 | Hosted event, invited everyone, and spoke about vision of KAITA | Seoul, South Korea | Korean |
| KAITA with KOTRA & UTD | April 12, 2019 | Hosted event, invited everyone, and spoke about vision of KAITA | Plano, Texas | Korean |
| KAITA 1st Conference | August 4, 2018 | Hosted event, invited everyone, and spoke about vision of KAITA | Dallas, Texas | Korean |
| Citi - Toronto, Expo 2015 | May 5, 2015 | Setup a booth and spoke about Citi's Cloud service | Toronto, Canada | English |
Publications
Certifications
| Certification | Authority | Issued Date | Expires | Credential ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub foundations for non-developers | GitHub | August 2023 | August 2026 | non-developers |
| GitHub Actions | GitHub | April 2023 | April 2025 | None |
| AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | Amazon Web Services Training and Certification | November 2022 | November 2025 | L3HN32DK61E4QSW6 |
| E-Cornell - Leading Challenging Conversation | Cornell University | May 2022 | None | None |
| Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development (EX288) | Red Hat | September 2019 | None | None |
| Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) | Red Hat | March 2019 | March 2021 | None |
| Software Architecture for the Enterprise Architect | Udemy | May 2018 | None | UC-REOQQM9R |
| Wireshark Certification | Udemy | April 2016 | None | UC-FPOD4FB7 |
| Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280) | Red Hat | February 2020 | February 2023 | 180-230-740 |
Contact Me
I am interested in getting contacted for KAITA sponsorship opportunity, speaker session, and mentorship.