Dan Tehranian is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and optimization, currently serving as a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio since January 2016. During tenure, Dan co-founded and led the Cloud Insights and Optimization team to reduce AWS costs, while also delivering key projects such as the Envoy network service mesh for HIPAA compliance. Prior roles include DevOps Lead at Delphix, where Dan received the Engineering Excellence Award, and Principal Engineer at Virtual Instruments, significantly improving development processes. Dan's early career includes impactful positions at VMware and Incipient, contributing to infrastructure-as-a-service solutions and release engineering. Academic qualifications include a degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and ongoing studies at Stanford Continuing Studies.