Hi, I’m John Moody – software professional by day, theologian by night.
I’ve been writing code and architecting systems (and leading teams that write code and architect systems) for the past 29 years.
I taught myself to program in BASIC as an eight-year-old using a Commodore VIC-20 (4K RAM!), and I’ve never stopped learning since.
I’ve designed systems for the US Navy, the Port of Seattle, and numerous startups as a consultant.
As a CTO, I built a remote engineering department from scratch of forty people from around the world (literally – every continent except Antarctica was represented).
The systems we built together powered the text messaging needs of a US presidential campaign and multiple political organizations through two election cycles.
I currently serve as an engineering manager at Klaviyo, a Boston-based marketing automation firm. I lead a team of bright engineers building out our in-house email delivery capacity.
In this space, I write about lessons learned over 30 years in the tech industry. I have strong opinions (which I’ll point out are not necessarily those of my employer).
I also write here about my other great love – faith and theology.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree (major: religious studies) from Palm Beach Atlantic College (now University), and a Master of Theology degree from Edinburgh Theological Seminary.
Over the last 30 years, I have served as a bivocational pastor, college instructor, youth minister, and adult Christian education teacher. My passion is for exegetical Bible teaching and preaching.
John has been married to Naomi for 29 years and have four children. Only the 15-year-old is at home – the others have flown the coop!
I have been married to Naomi for 29 years and have four children. Only the 15-year-old is at home – the others have flown the coop! We live in lovely Medical Lake, Washington, just outside of Spokane.