Austin, TX (425) 444-5014 [email protected]

SUMMARY

• 20+ years of technology experience and expertise in software development
• AWS Certified DevOps Professional Engineer
• Excellent knowledge of software project lifecycle and project management
• Excellent knowledge of the DevOps discipline including implementing automated CI/CD
• Excellent knowledge of cloud technologies including AWS and Azure
• Excellent knowledge of container technologies including Docker, K8s, ECS, Swarm
• Excellent knowledge of software design and architecture (Serverless, Microservice, OO)
• Excellent ability to meet project deliverables in an efficient and timely manner
• Excellent knowledge of Test Driven Development including spreading the discipline
• Strong leadership and managerial abilities including 360-degree leadership

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

(Including but not limited to)

Cloud Technologies - AWS, Azure, GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Infrastructure as Code - CloudFormation, Terraform, Cloud Foundry, OpsWorks, Chef, Ansible, DSC, Vagrant, Packer

Container Technologies - Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, Swarm, OpenShift, Compose

Programming Languages - Python, Ruby, Go, C#, Java, C++, JavaScript

Database Technologies - DynamoDB, MongoDB, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Neo4j, Riak, CouchDB, Cassandra, Redis, Memcached, Postgres

Big Data - Kinesis, RedShift, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Elasticsearch

Web Frameworks - Django, Rails, AngularJS, ASP.Net MVC, Node.js, Spring, React, J2EE

Continuous Integration – Code Pipeline, Code Build, Jenkins, CircleCI, Teamcity, Octopus

Other - Serverless, Lambda, Linux Drivers, WDF drivers, Boost, STL, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, 0MQ, Apache, NGINX, Tomcat

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead DevOps Engineer - Jul. 2019 - Present

Mastercard - Austin, Texas

• Leading DevOps and SRE disciplines
• Assisting in the move to containerized blue/green zero downtime deployments using containers, AWS EKS, and kubernetes
• Assisting the move to the AWS Cloud

Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer - Nov. 2018 - Jul. 2019

QuadPay - Austin, Texas

• Leading DevOps and SRE disciplines
• Assisting in the move to containerized blue/green zero downtime deployments using containers, Azure AKS, and kubernetes
• Assisting the executive leadership team on cost saving and reliability initiatives
• Helping QuadPay's architecture and platform teams grow in their respective disciplines

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Nov. 2017 - Nov. 2018

Xero - Auckland, New Zealand

• Architecting platform products to aid in the reliability of Xero
• Setting up measurable SLO targets to hold product teams accountable for reliability
• Designed and developed an internal product named Lighthouse for tracking internal SLOs using a microservice architecture and a react single page front end application
• Assisting in the move to containerized blue/green zero downtime deployments using containers, AWS ECS, and kubernetes
• Assisting the executive leadership team on cost saving and reliability initiatives
• Helping Xero's architecture and platform teams grow in their respective disciplines

CEO/Founder - Sept. 2011 – Present

Corpseware Inc. - Round Rock, Texas

• Provide DevOps coaching including designing and building CI/CD automation pipelines
• Assist companies in moving to AWS and other cloud providers with a strong focus on containerization
• Assist companies with the architecture, design, and development of custom software
• Developing modern artificial intelligence products

OTHER TITLES HELD

Senior DevOps Engineer at Micron

Senior DevOps Engineer at CA Technologies

Senior DevOps Engineer at NCL

Senior Software Engineer at KLA - Tencor

Senior Software Engineer at Rackspace

Senior Development Manager at Flow Automotive

Senior Software Engineer at Tactara

Senior Software Engineer at Volvo Telematics Group

Lead Software Designer & Senior Software Engineer at Philips Medical Systems

C#.Net Developer at Regional Income Tax Agency

Contracted Solutions Developer at Ajilon Consulting

Contracted Software Developer at Trisoft Innovations

EDUCATION

Project Management at CTU, CO, BS Degree - 2006

Computer Programming at Westervelt College, ON, Honors Diploma - 2003

Electronics & Computer Engineering at Thompson Institute, PA, AS Degree – 1997