Professional Biography / tl;dr¶
I'm terrible at having to write bios for talks that I want to present, so I'm putting it here just to keep everything together. If you need a bio for me, please take this one.
Mason is currently a Senior Solutions Architect at Temporal Technologies, where he works with customers to architect and implement durable execution solutions. He specializes in Python, distributed systems, building community, and creating developer-focused educational content. He has held roles in the Developer Relations departments at Temporal, Gretel, and DigitalOcean. Prior to moving to Developer Relations, he held engineering roles at Forcepoint (Raytheon) and Vrbo (Expedia). He’s an avid programmer, speaker, educator, and writer/blogger. He is President of the PyTexas Foundation, Conference Chair of the PyTexas Conference, and a founding organizer of the PyTexas Meetup. He was made a PSF Fellow in October 2025.
"On my business card, I am a Solutions Architect. In my mind, I am a programmer. But in my heart, I am a teacher." - paraphrased, original quote from Satoru Iwata