Gary Blessington

As COO, Gary runs the operational side of Planet Argon so the delivery team can stay focused on client work. He handles finance and operations, the work that rarely gets noticed until it isn't happening.

Gary landed in tech doing operations support for a lottery company straight out of high school in Liverpool, went back to university for computer science, and spent years as a professional programmer. He joined Planet Argon as a backend developer in 2007 and has since been a development team manager and a partner in the organization.

Having done the work himself is why operational decisions here account for what they actually cost a team.

In his free time, Gary hikes, skis, photographs birds, and volunteers as an EMT and firefighter in Rosalia, Washington, where his three adopted Weimaraners employ him as Chief of Entertainment and Feeding Officer.