Every day,
I work to make tomorrow easier.
I believe great engineering organizations are built by creating systems that make great work easier.
For more than twenty years, I've helped teams do their best work by improving the systems that support their work.
20+ years building games • 30+ shipped titles • 13 engineering teams led
THE PHILOSOPHY
What Guides My Work
The principles that shape how I build teams, technology, and organizations.
Build Capability
The best leaders don't
create dependency.
They create capability.
Design for Adoption
Technology only creates value after people successfully adopt it.
Think in Outcomes
Solve the problem
behind the problem.
THE METHOD
The Berry Engineering Method
A repeatable framework for understanding complex engineering problems before attempting to solve them.
1.
Observe
Watch the work before
proposing solutions.
2.
Listen
Understand the people
closest to the problem.
Every day,
work to make
tomorrow easier.
3.
Map
Identify the relationships,
dependencies, constraints,
and incentives.
6.
Learn
Every change reveals
something new.
The process begins again.
5.
Apply the Scalpel
Make the smallest
change that creates
the largest improvement.
4.
Form
Hypotheses
Treat solutions as
experiments, not
assumptions.
The goal isn't to complete the process.
It's to improve every time you repeat it.
THE EVIDENCE
Building Better Systems
Twenty years of designing the systems that help engineering teams do their best work.
Developer Platforms
Built the foundations
engineers rely on every day.
Frameworks, tooling, and architecture that help engineering teams build software faster with greater confidence.
MVVM · Build Automation · CI/CD
AI Enablement
Empowered teams to adopt AI with confidence.
Introduced practical automation, and coaching that helped engineers integrate AI into their daily work in meaningful ways.
AI Coaching · Workshops · Automation
Engineering Leadership
Developed engineers into stronger technical leaders.
Coached engineers through mentorship, career development, technical strategy, and organizational growth.
13 Teams Led · Coaching · Career Growth · Leadership
Developer Experience
Removed friction from everyday work.
Improved workflows, documentation, and onboarding that help engineers build software with less friction.
Workflow Design · Documentation · Onboarding
Organizational Design
Designed the systems that help organizations scale.
Built hiring systems, career ladders, and engineering standards that create clarity as organizations grow.
Hiring Systems · Career Ladders · Job Architecture
Developer Education
Accelerated engineering growth through teaching.
Created workshops, documentation, and learning experiences that accelerate engineering growth.
Workshops · Documentation · Mentorship
THE PEOPLE
Voices from the Teams
The people I've worked with describe the impact of building better systems.
"Irin is one of those sages you continually turn to for advice."
Jay Parsell
Technical Lead at Netflix Games
"He brought our studio up to speed and upgraded the tech to be more resilient."
Jason Emery
Tech Director at Global Outlier Gaming
"Irin builds teams where people feel heard, supported, and empowered. "
Jennifer Gallagher
Technical Writer at Netflix