Kolton is the co-founder and CEO of Gremlin. Previously, he was a senior software engineer at Netflix focused on improving the reliability and resilience of the company’s core streaming technologies. While at Netflix, Kolton was a part of the Edge services team, and spent time developing the next-generation Netflix API, and pioneered F.I.T., Netflix’s failure injection service. Prior to Netflix, Kolton was a senior engineer at Amazon, working on performance and reliability of the company's Retail website. At both companies, he served as a ‘Call Leader,’ managing the resolution of companywide incidents.
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