References

The following references highlight my work as an Engineering Program Manager, particularly during my time at CrowdStrike. These testimonials reflect the impact I’ve made in driving cross-functional alignment, leading high-visibility initiatives, and blending technical depth with strategic execution. I’m proud to have partnered with talented leaders and engineers who can speak to the quality, rigor, and innovation I bring to every program I lead.

Ryan Nakawatase

Senior Director of Cloud Engineering

CrowdStrike

Ryan worked with Jonathan on the same team

I had the pleasure of working directly with Jonathan Logan as the Lead Program Manager supporting my organization at CrowdStrike. Jonathan played a critical role in aligning cross-functional engineering efforts by establishing and driving our Platform Scale Product Area Group strategy, roadmaps, and quarterly objectives. He was instrumental in standing up governing processes that brought clarity and execution discipline across a diverse set of engineering teams. His strategic insight, operational rigor, and ability to bridge technical and business contexts made him a trusted partner in delivering our most complex cloud and platform initiatives.

Donna Kohring

Director, Program Management

CrowdStrike

Donna managed Jonathan directly at CrowdStrike

I had the pleasure of interviewing, hiring, and working closely with Jonathan during his time as a Lead Program Manager in our cybersecurity organization. From day one, he brought a rare combination of technical depth, strategic thinking, and leadership presence. He consistently drove high-impact, high-visibility initiatives across complex, cross-functional teams, delivering measurable outcomes with precision and purpose.

What truly set Jonathan apart was his ability to blend program management excellence with technical innovation - particularly his mastery of Jira APIs, custom automations (including Jira-to-Slack workflows), and the integration of AI tools to streamline processes and boost team efficiency. He played a key role in elevating the entire program management practice by facilitating training sessions on these tools and best practices, directly enhancing the skills and effectiveness of his peers.

Jonathan is not only a highly skilled and driven professional, but also a generous mentor and collaborative teammate. His contributions made a lasting impact on our organization, and I sincerely hope we have the opportunity to work together again in the future.

Jennifer Wong

Senior Engineering Manager

CrowdStrike

Jennifer worked with Jonathan on the same team

Jonathan is one of the most technical Program Managers I have ever worked with. He had extremely strong understanding of engineering and architecture, and asked pointed and intelligent questions about those topics. Though he was fairly new, Jonathan facilitated onsite meetings related to the CrowdStrike outage, and helped contribute to and document key insights for the numerous teams involved. This was massive as that work and those projects led the way to longer-term remediation of the incident. In the short time I worked with him, his pragmatism and cleverness shone through. I highly recommend any team to hire Jonathan!

Justin Ricks

Software Developer

CrowdStrike

Justin worked with Jonathan on the same team

Working with Jonathan Logan on the Kafka vNext Major Initiative project was an outstanding experience. As the Engineering Program Manager, he consistently demonstrated impressive technical depth—something not all program managers bring to the table. Jonathan was instrumental in driving project execution, managing backlog grooming, guiding the team through the SDLC and CI/CD release process, and translating user stories into actionable development work.

The Kafka vNext initiative was a key effort to build a high-performance Go library for CrowdStrike’s internal Kafka use cases, aimed at improving performance, enhancing developer experience, and enabling new features such as message ordering. Under Jonathan’s leadership, the project moved forward with clarity and momentum.

I’m more than happy to vouch for him from an engineer’s perspective. Jonathan is excellent at what he does, and it was truly a pleasure to collaborate with him. Any team would benefit from his leadership and technical acumen.