IT Generalist with over 25 years of commercial IT experience, including hands on roles supporting systems and applications to writing code and leading development teams. I have worked as the sole consultant performing all roles in projects and have also lead entire IT Departments consisting of support and development teams. My experience has been gained at both established companies with a large number of legacy systems and startups with staff counts ranging from under ten to the thousands. Key skills as an IT Director included budgeting, governance, vendor management, risk management and IT strategy. Open Source advocate and Linux user since 1994. Broad development skills including programming in Java, Python and JavaScript, knowledge of design patterns and extensive use of source control systems. Detailed understanding of both cloud (predominantly AWS) and on-premise infrastructure components including SANs, routing, VLANs and firewalls. Experience managing development and infrastructure teams in both Linux and Microsoft environments. Used both Scrum and Lean (Kanban) methodologies.