Bret McGowen: I am a software engineer and former Developer Advocate for serverless at Google, focusing on serverless Google Cloud products like Cloud Functions, App Engine, Firebase, machine learning APIs, and more. See some of his presentations on serverless at Google Cloud or check out Bret's GitHub.

It's time to start adding positive energy to the world instead of anger and cruelty.

Prior to Google, Bret worked in the cloud industry at Rackspace as a software engineer. Before that, he led engineering teams at e-commerce, non-profits and tried his hand at creating two startups. He's often on the running trail, volleyball court or kickball field.

Bret earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University.

Bret loves to travel and you can check out some of his travel photos on Instagram or Flickr.

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Here's me doing some of my public speaking: