Architect / Developer on SUSE public cloud team with deployments to Azure, EC2, and GCE.

* Software Engineer for first public release of SaltStack Enterprise Server product. https://saltstack.com/* Performance testing, profiling and optimization of server side stack. Identification and implementation of speed improvements -- 16x improvement over existing architecture.* Design and implement "git"-based file system for company enterprise product.Skills and technologies used: - Salt / Python - Git ( porcelain and plumbing ) - Postgres ( with JSON extensions ) - OpenNebula (cloud platform) - Virtualization - Linux - Docker

* Code contributor to Salt opensource project. See attached link for examplehttps://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/develop/salt/runners/survey.py* Architected and implemented replacement for existing account migration system. System consists of Django UI, Postgres Database and SaltStack-based configuration manager. A 4-tiered system interfacing with several internal and external REST services. System is responsible for managing several 1000 customer migrations per day between heterogeneous and geographically disparate cloud installations.* Evaluated, specified, and coded an auditing system based on Salt (http://saltstack.org). Prepared documentation and trained personnel to maintain and extend source code.Skills and technologies used: - Salt / Python - Django - Citrix / CloudStack - QEMU / KVM - Virtualization - Git - Linux

* Architect/Developer for a customer management system and system for provisioning a cryptographically secure web access device. (This startup venture failed when all government/military contracts were cancelled during Congressional Sequester Shutdown of 2012)- Django/Python- REST- SQlite3- Apache/SSL/WSGI

* Integrated company ecommerce platform with following Web Services: - eBay - Google (Froogle) - Facebook Connect

* Consulting Architect for a 6-Tier Land Records Recording Application.* Developed a Web Services framework interconnected using WSDL and managed with a work flow editor. Document exchange is accomplished using an XML compliant interface developed for this application.

* Novell representative to W3C organization and participant in IETF initiatives. http://www.w3.org/ http://IETF.org/* Participant in BYU Data Extraction Working Group http://www.deg.byu.edu/* Specified performance metrics and evaluation of results for the Novell Digitalme Project and associated technologies.* Architect and implementer of Personal Data Warehouse Prototype. A data warehouse implemented in a Java Proxy Web Server for managing and replicating personal information.* Initiator, architect and implementer of Rendezvous Broker. A Linda-derived environment designed to use existing Web standards. A 3-tiered application using RMI, HTTP, and SMTP protocols between Java Servlets and Applets.

* Technical lead for team of 4 engineers on port of Artisoft proprietary file server to the Linux OS.* Ported and debugged SMB Server to NetWare 4.0 as an NLM. Server used NetWare style threads model and C library API for the file system calls to the NetWare OS.

* Lead engineer of "NetWare for Unix 4.01 File System"​. This release added the following features to the SVR4.2 UFS file system: - Multiple "Name Space" support (NCP, AFP, OS/2, Unix) - NetWare Meta Info - MacIntosh Meta and Resource Forks - OS/2 Extended Attributes* Design of virtual file system to enable a NetWare Server to use a POSIX file system.

* Adapted UNIX/Motorola 88K assembler to work with company's Pick implementation.* Initial duties with company included management of Product Test Department. This department is responsible for verification and testing of company's software products and the evaluation and integration of new systems and peripherals.* Other responsibilities have been to establish policies and procedures guiding the development, implementation, testing, and maintenance of company's software products.

* Enhanced and debugged company's proprietary network protocol spanning the equivalent of layers 2-6 of the OSI model.* Designed and implemented Ethernet device driver to interface company's system with 3COM controller.* Lead programmer on company project "AT&T System 85"​ simulator. Responsibility included system design, scheduling and management of 5 programmers.* Initiated the design of videodisk/graphics, "WIT1000", terminal utilizing a resident TIL (Threaded Interpretive Language) and Arcnet interface to achieve down-loadable emulations.