- Lead an internal team of architects and engineers to build a CDK training path in order to provide professional development for internal users- Designed professional development and training content covering technical topics like CDK.- Collaborated with senior leadership to prioritize professional learning and training goals for the service delivery organization.- Leveraged people management skills to ensure the achievement of short and long term goals.

- Implemented a client organization that grew to over 20 AWS accounts managed by AWS Control Tower landing zone.- Lead a small team of engineers to achieve short and long term goals.- Mentored engineers to help them upskill and grow as technologists.- Collaborated with architects and engineering managers to enact key decisions to benefit client applications.- Leveraged platform engineering concepts to build out cloud infrastructure using Terraform accelerating internal platform growth and stability.- Enacted a Kubernetes platform from scratch using Amazon EKS, Helm, and ArgoCD- Administrated several Kubernetes clusters and associated DevOps tooling

- Cloud platform & DevOps engineer for Azure and AWS cloud teams.- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and Azure DevOps.- Leveraged Terraform to develop and maintain large IaC projects with many foundational and module repositories.- Practiced infrastructure testing using Terratest.- Automated repeatable processes using shell scripting.- Employed interpersonal and communication skills guide small & medium size teams towards engineering excellence.- Expertise in AWS EC2, ELB, ASG, SSM, CloudWatch, Kinesis, Kinesis Firehose, RDS.

Collaborated with team members to design scalable backend architectures and services. Integrated audio/video WebRTC based streaming components into a larger, privacy-focused social media application. Coordinated with DevOps colleagues to design and distribute portable, highly-reliable containerized services. Leveraged Google Cloud Platform products to implement cloud-native applications

Authored articles for the Flint Hills Group insights blog.

Contributed quality assurance solutions in an Agile centered environment. Communicated to team members about project goals, timelines, and deliverables.

Designed and implemented curriculum for beginner to advanced musicians in a middle school. Communicated goals, objectives, and timelines to colleagues and supervisors. Delivered complex content in a simple, understandable form. Advocated and tended to the needs of diverse learners. Developed positive student relationships through frequent mentorship. Made data-driven instructional decisions. Used technology to analyze content mastery and student understanding of subject matter. Guided students to success at district and region level competition.

Member of the Front-end team for OperationCode. This role is strictly volunteer but has given me the opportunity to work with modern web technologies. I've leveraged UI tools like Storybook to design components, develop maintainable code, and achieve 90% test coverage using Jest and Cypress.Founding member of FreeCodeCamp Chapter, a self-hosted management tool for nonprofits. Designed and authored documentation for the Chapter. Collaborated with a diverse and distributed team.

Coordinated all aspects of the beginner band program. Awarded most outstanding beginner band at spring contest. Made data-driven decisions to differentiate student instruction. Managed band program finances. Planned and implemented recruitment activities. Increased student enrollment in band by 33% in one school year.

Facilitated program grown to over 320 students in grades 6-12. Coached students to success in region and state level contests.

Delivered excellent customer service in a high volume sales environment. Communicated with customers to meet their needs. Gained extensive customer service and people skills. Multi-tasked various job requirements on a daily basis.