Experienced Systems / DevOps engineer with an understanding of the full stack. I have a field tested understanding of the need for operations and development engineers to participate together in all aspects of the service and development lifecycle. In-depth understanding of the need to align IT systems and processes, planning and deployment with the needs of developers as well as the business. I bring with me experience interacting with the open source community through collaborative efforts with upstream developers, particularly within the FreeBSD project, Linux kernel, and Gentoo Linux. Considerable experience with planning and implementation of change management procedures to minimize negative impacts on user productivity.