• 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Built PLG adoption strategy & program for Cockroach Labs developer & operator education on CockroachDB Self-hosted & Cloud within modern event-driven cloud-native distributed microservices systems• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Lead Agile methodology-based team of developer education curriculum engineers and video production team producing self-paced learning management system (running on Open EdX LMS) and instructor-led course content (applications, exercises, lecture videos, quizzes, exams). Course areas include: • Enterprise Application Development for CockroachDB I, II, III • Event-Driven Architectures and Systems using Distributed SQL • Multi-Region Architectures and Databases • CockroachDB Operations, Problem Determination & Performance Tuning• 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Member of the Cockroach Labs DX strategy leadership group, defining application developer personas, application types and use cases for CockroachCloud in modern apps• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: • Research customer needs, use cases and problems, finding ways that educational materials can solve those problems. • Building a CockroachDB Certification Exam Program for Developers, Architects and Administrators/DBAs/SREs - Launch Q3 2024 • Building and scaling a P&L Instructor-Led Training Program - Launch Q3 2024

• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Created development roadmap of Red Hat Global Training instructor led and self-paced courses (running on custom Red Hat LMS) on Cloud Native application systems Including: • Istio Service Mesh • Reactive Microservices • Event Driven & Streaming systems • Quarkus microservices & serverless framework • CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps and TDD • All courses ran on OpenShift/K8s cloud clusters• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Led a Red Hat Agile methodology-based and DevOps focused team of 10 Curriculum Engineers and 2 DevOps Engineers working in several sub-teams of 2-4 devs building out course development roadmap • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Member of Red Hat Cloud-native Applications Sales and Consulting Product Strategy group. Group created company wide global GTM sales playbooks and cloud-native application consulting services offerings for Red Hat OpenShift Customers

• 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Created Lightbend product learning and comprehension vision, strategy and tactical plans• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Built scalable Lightbend self-paced learning management system product "Lightbend Academy" (running on Open EdX LMS): http://academy.lightbend.com Lightbend Academy continues to having measurable significant positive business impacts.• 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Developed Lightbend Trainer Certification program. Helped develop Lightbend Reactive Certification and Exam Program based on core training curriculum.• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Led & mentored a globally distributed Agile-based curriculum development team• 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Led strategic Global System Integrators (GSI) partner education collaborations and enablement• 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Developed strategic customer business accounts by leveraging enablement & training• 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Created and implemented joint goto market plans with key strategic Global System Integrators (GSI) partners• Contributed to build of self-paced technical training curriculum on a range of cloud native distributed technologies:• Event-driven Architecture• Reactive Architecture• Stateful Serverless FaaS with Akka Serverless• Scala• Akka distributed computing• Kubernetes deploy and DevOps of Play, Akka and Lagom microservice systems• Distributed streaming systems built with Akka Streams and Spark

• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Managed Lightbend's Training Development Program setting strategic and tactical goals that include curriculum development forecasting, budgeting, priorities and content planning• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Managed training scheduler and booking staff• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Managed and contributed to multiple curriculum development projects on Reactive Platform (Scala, Akka, Lagom, Reactive Architecture and Microservices) and Lightbend Fast Data Platform (Operations, Spark, Akka Streams, Flink)• 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿: Occasionally taught courses and mentored related to the Lightbend Reactive Platform• 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Managed and maintained relations with Lightbend Training Partner companies and Lightbend Certified Trainers globally.

• Taught, mentored and wrote curriculum for courses related to the Lightbend Reactive Platform which includes Scala, Spark, Akka.• BoldRadius was acquired by Lightbend.

• IBM Certified Mentor & Instructor• Educated IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin, Performance Tuning, Problem Determination & J2EE & Java Development, Rational Application Developer• Considered by IBM (student evaluation metrics & NPS scores) to be one of the top NA WebSphere instructors

2007- 2015 IBM Certified Mentor & Instructor• Educated J2EE, Java, Rational Application Developer & WebSphere Application Server• Independent Contractor, IBM Training Global & TechnoTraining, Virginia Beach, Virginia• Considered by IBM (student evaluation metrics & NPS scores) to be one of the top NA WebSphere instructors

2004-2007IBM Certified Mentor & Instructor• J2EE Java, Rational Application Developer & WebSphere Application Server• Independent Contractor, IBM IT Education Services USA, Atlanta, Georgia & EduCorp, Grapevine, Texas• Considered by IBM (student evaluation metrics & NPS scores) to be one of the top NA WebSphere instructors

2010 - 2013 Owner, Educator, Curriculum Author, Mentor and Consultant - Soildoctor.org• In addition to my IBM work, during 2010-13 I pursued a personal passion project in environmentally sustainable agriculture education. • I studied and mastered a completely different technical field in the emerging soil microbiology applied systems ecology (including some microbial big data genomics advances).• Authored curriculum for a week long workshop that I have taught onsite and virtually online in Canada, Mexico, the USA, and Malawi and Uganda, Africa. • Also, designed and built a prototype iOS iPad Application using Objective C and Xcode. • Produced an introductory educational video (using Adobe Creative film & audio Applications) based on my curriculum: https://vimeo.com/42140886

• Built curriculum on IBM Global Rational Application Developer, EJB Development, J2EE & Web Development• Independent Contractor, Department of Software Inc., Ottawa, Canada & IBM Software Group, Toronto, Canada

• Architect & Technical Team Lead, J2EE/WebSphere Fidelity Investments Project for Keane, Halifax, Nova Scotia & Boston, Massachusetts

• J2EE Java & IBM WebSphere Application Server• Independent Contractor, Department of Software Inc., Ottawa, Ontario

• J2EE Java & IBM WebSphere Application Server• Independent Contractor, Web Age Solutions, Inc., Toronto, Ontario

• J2EE Java & IBM WebSphere Application Server• Independent Contractor, IBM IT Education Services USA, Atlanta, Georgia & EduCorp, Grapevine, Texas

• Co-Author on "Developing J2EE Applications with WebSphere Studio: IBM Certified Enterprise Developer". It was an IBM Certification Study Guide from MC Press, LLC. I wrote the JVM Profiling and Performance areas. Please click on the book cover image for information. Or use this link: https://www.amazon.com/Developing-J2EE-Applications-WebSphere-Studio/dp/1931182108

• WebSphere & J2EE Enterprise Java, VisualAge for Java• Perficient Inc. – IBM Business Partner, Austin, Texas