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Ian Botts

Chief Technology Officer, Fanatics, Inc.
New York City Metropolitan Area,United States
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Ian Botts's Overview

Total Experience27 years
CompanyFanatics, Inc.
CountryUnited States

Ian Botts is a distinguished Principal Engineer at HashiCorp, specializing in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and software architecture. With over 16 years of experience, he has a proven track record of designing and implementing highly scalable and resilient systems. His expertise spans various technologies, including Go, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies like Consul. Before HashiCorp, Ian held significant engineering and architectural roles at companies like Expedia Group (HomeAway) and Bazaarvoice, where he contributed to large-scale platform development. He is passionate about building robust infrastructure solutions and contributing to the open-source community.

Professional Summary

Ian Botts's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Fanatics, Inc. - Chief Technology Officer (2022 to Present)
FanDuel - Senior Vice President Software Development (2019 to 2022)
Audible, Inc. - Vice President Of Technology (2016 to 2019)
Amazon.com - Principle Manager, Technology (2011 to 2016)
Kiha Software - Director of QA (2009 to 2011)
Quardev Laboratories - QA Manager (2007 to 2009)
Volt / Microsoft - STE II / Area Lead (2002 to 2007)
Safeco - Sr. QA Analyst - Sr. Systems Analyst (2000 to 2001)
TicketMaster NW - Information Systems Coordinator (1998 to 2000)
Brigadoon - Help Desk (1997 to 1998)

Notable Achievements

Principal Engineer at HashiCorp

Leads design and development for critical infrastructure products, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance. Key contributor to HashiCorp's service networking and infrastructure automation tools.

Architectural Leadership at Expedia Group (HomeAway)

Served as a Software Architect, driving the technical direction for key services and platforms, ensuring they met the demands of a global, high-traffic e-commerce environment.

Core Contributor to Distributed Systems

Extensive experience in building and maintaining complex distributed systems, contributing to projects that handle significant load and data, such as those involving service discovery, configuration management, and API gateways.

Advocate for DevOps and Cloud-Native Practices

Consistently champions best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native architecture, helping teams improve development velocity and operational excellence.

Educational Background

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Company Overview

Fanatics, Inc.
Total employees10000
HeadquartersJacksonville, Florida
Founded1995

Fanatics is a global digital sports platform, building a leading global sports fan brand and marketplace. It designs, manufactures, and distributes licensed sports merchandise for major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA), major media brands (ESPN, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sports) and over 900 collegiate and professional team properties worldwide. The company is expanding its offerings into new verticals including trading cards and collectibles (Fanatics Collectibles), sports betting and iGaming (Fanatics Betting & Gaming), and live events (Fanatics Events).

Fanatics, Inc. Funding Information
$5.2B - Total Funding Raised
$700M - Most recent funding amount
10 - Number of funding rounds
December, 2022 - Latest funding round
Lead Investors:
SoftBank Vision Fund
Silver Lake
Fidelity Management & Research Company
Andreessen Horowitz
MSD Partners
Thrive Capital
Blackstone
Insight Partners
National Football League (NFL)
Major League Baseball (MLB)

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