Carla Geisser
Former Google site reliability engineer (2004–2015) who now runs a company focused on crisis engineering called Layer Aleph; experienced in debugging complex distributed systems and advising governments and companies during high‑visibility failures.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 26min
The One With Carla Geisser and Crisis Engineering
Carla Geisser, former Google SRE who now runs Layer Aleph focused on crisis engineering. She explains how crises differ from incidents and outlines five criteria that make a situation a true crisis. Conversations cover why organizations struggle when computers drive decisions, how messy modernization creates brittle systems, and when leaders will finally authorize big changes.
