Cory LaNou - Resume

Professional Summary

Entrepreneurial technologist with 30+ years of experience specializing in start-ups, technology consulting, and Go development. Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple successful technology companies, including one acquisition. Published author, international speaker, and community leader who co-founded one of the world's first Go meetups and helped organize the inaugural GopherCon. Expert in Go with significant backend and distributed systems experience.

Technical Skills

Languages: Go (Expert), SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Bash/Shell

Backend: RESTful APIs, gRPC, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Temporal.io

Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, InfluxDB, MongoDB, Redis

DevOps: Docker, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana

Testing: TDD (Expert), BDD, pprof (Expert), Benchmarking (Expert)

Leadership: Team Management (25+ people), Technical Interviewing, Training & Mentoring

Professional Experience

President & Founder

Digital Drywood 2004 - Present

Lead comprehensive technology and business consulting firm with 500+ completed projects
Trained over 10,000 developers in modern technologies through hands-on workshops
Built and managed technical teams up to 25 people
Specialize in AI/LLM implementations and business acquisition consulting

Founding Partner

Gopher Guides 2017 - Present

Co-founded specialized Go training company serving Fortune 500 clients including New York Times, Visa, Netflix, Coinbase, Uber, Intuit, Capital One, and Red Hat
Develop comprehensive curriculum and training materials from scratch
Design and deliver hands-on Go workshops and training programs

Go Developer - Privacy Infrastructure

Confident Security 2024 - 2025

Contributed to critical privacy infrastructure for AI systems
Implemented Go version of OHTTP and BHTTP protocols
Developed components for the Oblivious Gateway layer

Core Engineering Team

InfluxDB (InfluxData) 2014 - 2017

Contributed to highly scalable, distributed time-series database written in Go
Specialized in profiling and optimizing applications using torch graphs and tracing profiles

Founder & CEO

LocalLaunch! 2003 - 2006 (Acquired by R.H. Donnelly)

Founded and led online internet marketing company to successful acquisition
Managed fundraising efforts and led M&A negotiations through successful exit

Key Accomplishments

Publications

Go Fundamentals - Co-Author
Comprehensive guide for Go developers, widely recognized in the community

Speaking

International speaker at GopherCon (2024, 2025), GopherCon India (Keynote), GopherCon UK, GopherCon Dubai

Community Leadership

Denver Gophers Meetup - Founder
GopherCon - Co-Organizer of inaugural conference (2014)