Riley Wills

Riley Wills currently serves in IAM/Security at Etsy since October 2024, following a prominent tenure at Ellucian from May 2021 to October 2024 as Software Engineering Manager, where responsibilities included empowering engineers and designing distributed digital identity systems using Kubernetes, Java, and AWS. Prior roles at Ellucian encompassed Lead Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer, focusing on identity and access management solutions for higher education. Additionally, Riley Wills spent over 12 years at Abilene Christian University in various technical roles, ultimately as Director of Web Strategy, overseeing web presence and executing major digital projects. Early career experience includes roles at Genesis Network Solutions and Geek Squad, and an AAS in Computer Networking Systems and Administration from Texas State Technical College was obtained from 2004 to 2006.