As a senior member of an engineering productivity team, I identify opportunities for process and tooling improvements that will enhance the developer experience, making it easier to build a better product. I enjoy taking an idea from concept to release and finding solutions that provide a large impact relative to the costs.Using python and bash to integrate CI/CD automation tools like Jenkins with development tools (Gitlab, Gerrit) and improving internal cloud provisioning and orchestration using vCloud Director, Ansible, Salt.

Development Operations at Zoosk encompasses all the processes and systems that help our engineering team get their work done effectively and released to production in a safe and efficient manner. I continue to be a SME for SCM and for build & release processes, while also working with the network and production operations teams on improvements to development tools and infrastructure.

Lead engineer of a small team responsible for maintaining and improving build stability and environments for test automation for front and back end web services and mobile apps for a leading dating site. Manage software releases for multiple services several times daily. Responsible for maintaining source code management system and automating common SCM activities for consistency and ease of use. Act as subject matter expert for build, deploy and SCM topics, including driving process improvement and resolving issues. Managed a company-wide migration from Subversion to Git, including working with teams to get them trained and familiar with new processes and integrated their feedback into process improvements. Advocated for and implemented improvements targeting a better "known state" for our code as released, including improvements in the continuous integration process, QA integration and at release time.

Technical lead for a team responsible for enhancing and maintaining the development infrastructure including source code control, release management, and the administration of development systems.

Designing, running and automating tests to ensure quality standards are met for an enterprise-level backup product.

Responsible for customer support for an enterprise-level backup solution including in-house support, field engineering and sales support.

Solaris and Linux system administration including operating system installs and upgrades, backups, security scans.