About Scott Carey
Scott is a Performance Architect (aka "Performance Witch Doctor") and works to make the RichRelevance system hum so that it handles billions of requests without skipping a beat. Highly focused, Scott can often be found working with a chimichanga in hand. When not in the office, Scott is an avid rock climber and rarely misses a San Diego Chargers game. Prior to RichRelevance, Scott was Manager of Performance Engineering at BEA Systems and a Lead Performance Engineer at Plumtree Software. Scott holds a B.S. in Astrophysics from University of California, Berkeley.
At RichRelevance, we have been planning for the holiday shopping load since early summer. This was our first Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and since we provide recommendations for some big merchants, we knew this was going to be a critical test of our product architecture, infrastructure, and execution. Now that the weekend is behind … Continue Reading
