Responsible for SUSE's kubernetes distributions (RKE, RKE2, K3S) and provisioning these distros through Rancher Manager

* Led and grew dev/QA teams responsible for K3s & RKE2 Kubernetes distributions* Build out and mentor a group of engineering leaders across different disciplines* Defined product roadmaps with Product Management, taking into account community and customer requests* Work within the community to make sure k3s engages with its community of users and contributors* Built a culture of quality and process improvement, resulting in significantly reducing time required to release K3s/RKE2 and catching regressions before they happen* Work across organization to incorporate k3s/rke2 into Rancher Manager 2.6+ as GA* Tear down siloes to share tools, processes, and information across different orgs

Line Manager for Certification and Tooling team within Customer Engineering. Leading a team of distributed engineers working on automated tests + tooling to certify OEM devices with Ubuntu (for IoT and Desktop)

Led a team of Software Engineers creating apps/scopes for Ubuntu Phone written in Go or C++. Managed roadmap, worked with partners to define requirements, and delivered 30+ apps/scopes over a year, making sure everything was tested and documented along the way.

Worked in Premium Engineering group, running QA projects for specialized versions of Ubuntu shipped on partner hardware. Wrote test plans, executed/managed test cases, and communicated with customers to gather requirements

Tested customized versions of Ubuntu Linux developed for netbooks. Created a MySQL database to track hardware for a large-scale project, as well as testing pre-installed versions of Ubuntu on laptops/desktops.

Dual Major in Information Science and Business. Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Wrote scripts to automate testing of boards