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Hi, I'm Adrik Grigorian. I'm a technical lead manager.

I lead engineering teams at General Motors, building the secure systems that keep millions of vehicles connected.

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What I'm into

At GM
13yrs
Shipping
25yrs
Services
50+

About

Building secure systems and strong teams.

I'm a Technical Lead Manager at General Motors in Austin, Texas. Over 13+ years at GM I've grown from software developer to staff engineer in Product Cybersecurity, and now I lead the engineering teams behind it. My work sits where large-scale distributed systems meet security: vehicle unlock and verification, cryptographic signing, and the APIs that tie it all together.

Before GM I spent twenty years freelancing — fixing computers, wiring networks and building websites for local businesses around Houston. That's where I learned that good technology is about helping people.

Work

What I've been building.

  1. Now General Motors · Austin, TX

    Technical Lead Manager

    Leading engineers who design and run security-critical platform services — setting technical direction, growing people, and keeping the bar high on reliability and quality.

  2. 2023 — 2025 General Motors

    Staff Software Engineer, Product Cybersecurity

    • Architected the modernization of 50+ microservices powering vehicle unlock, verification and cryptographic signing — over 30 million secure requests per day.
    • Redesigned GM's software-signing infrastructure, cutting latency by 80% while strengthening key-management and traceability.
    • Founded an internal API Design Center of Excellence with shared standards and mentoring.
  3. 2019 — 2023 General Motors

    Senior Software Engineer

    • Led cloud-readiness work: on-prem databases to PostgreSQL, legacy monitoring to OpenTelemetry.
    • Drove adoption of event-driven architecture with Spring Boot, Kafka and Redis.
    • Championed API resilience patterns that raised uptime across service domains.
  4. 2017 — 2019 General Motors

    Software Engineer

    Built and maintained the backend services and APIs behind GM's connected-vehicle features.

  5. 2013 — 2016 General Motors

    Software Developer

    Joined GM as a new college hire straight out of the University of Houston and learned enterprise engineering at scale.

  6. 2001 — 2021 Houston, TX

    Freelance — Web, Networking & Computer Services

    Custom websites, SEO and database-backed apps for clients in healthcare, manufacturing and tech.

Toolbox

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Kafka
  • Redis
  • PostgreSQL
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Python
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Azure
  • OpenTelemetry
  • PKI & HSM
  • OAuth2
  • Mutual TLS
  • API Design
  • CI/CD
  • AI-assisted dev

B.B.A., Management Information Systems — University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

Life

Outside of work.

Cars

I've loved cars for as long as I can remember. Working on the technology inside them is a big part of why I enjoy my job.

Biking

I just like getting out on the bike. No route or goal needed.

Sports

Basketball these days, and soccer too. What I enjoy most is playing on a team, and I'll watch almost any game.

Tech

New gadgets, side projects and, lately, a lot of AI tools. I like trying things out.

Movies

Big releases, good thrillers and plenty of rewatches.

Family

Family comes first. The best part of my day is time with them.

Helping others

Mentoring engineers, answering questions, or helping a friend with a project. Helping people is what I enjoy most.

Contact

Let's talk.

Engineering, leadership, cars or sports: I'm always happy to connect. Recruiters and hiring managers, LinkedIn is the best way to reach me.

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