Senior Specialist Solution Architect at Red Hat - App Platforms/Dev ServicesRed Hat OpenShift NA GTM teamApp Services: - Application Runtimes - Integration - Service InterconnectDev Services: - Red Hat Developer Hub (Backstage) - (Dev/[Sec]/Git)Ops - Development Environments (IDE/IDP) - Service Mesh - AI/MLOps - Serverless ArchitecturesGeneral Kubernetes Workloads: - Containers - Virtualization (KubeVirt) - App Modernization/Migration - Cluster/Multicluster Management - Partner Workloads - 3rd Party DevOps

Solution Architect supporting the Red Hat Partner Ecosystem for North America Technical and Sales Enablement for Red Hat PartnersRed Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes (RHCE)Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization (RHCE)Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (RHCE) Technology - Application Modernization - Automation - API Management - Microservice Architecture - Middleware for Cloud-Native Applications - Integration - Hybrid Cloud Architectures - DevOps Starting the journey into AI/Data Science

Principal Client Solution Engineer, MuleSoft Public Sector - State and Local Government AccountsMuleSoft Certified Platform and Integration Architect- Application Modernization- Integration Architecture- API Management/Lifecycle/Development- Microservice Architectures- Automation- iPaaS- Cloud-Native Applications- Automation- DevOps

Sr Solution Architect - State of California TeamAssist AHEAD Client Directors (AEs) through formal technical presentations and technical design assistance of AHEAD’s solution and service offerings to existing and prospective clients. Participate in all technical aspects of a sales campaign and hand off to the consulting and services team; maintaining strong relationships with clients.- Enterprise Cloud (AWS, Azure, VMware, ServiceNow)- Cloud Native Applications and DevOps (Kubernetes, PaaS, CI/CD, OpenShift, Tanzu, ServiceNow)- Automation and Orchestration (Terraform, Ansible, vRA, ServiceNow)- Storage, server and network design (Dell, Juniper)- Managed ServicesKovarus, Inc is now part of AHEAD, a leading provider of platforms for digital business. The acquisition creates a national reach and a more holistic services portfolio for AHEAD. During this transition period, Kovarus looks forward to rolling out the AHEAD brand to the West Coast, and kicking-off 2021 as the fully integrated team of AHEAD.

Transitioned to AHEAD...Sr Solution Architect - State of California TeamProvide technical expertise in support of pre-sales activities for SLED accounts. Assist in the analysis, design and development of fully integrated technology solutions. Technical emphasis is on cloud and hardware capabilities, virtualization, software requirements and systems integration. Development of responses to customer requests and proposals.- Private and public cloud architecture- Agile application delivery methodologies (DevOps)- Infrastructure automation- Storage, server and network design

Enterprise Account Systems Engineer - State of California TeamSystem Engineer in pre-sales activities for SLED Sales team. Analysis, design and development of fully integrated technology solutions around Dell EMC, VMware, and Pivotal technology.- Enterprise storage solutions- Cloud native application frameworks- Software defined datacenter technology- Backup and recovery solutions

Senior IT Consultant SME contributor on Infrastructure Practice Team. Architected and managed storage application environments, both physical and virtual (VMware, AIX, Windows, Linux). Storage, backup and performance monitoring on Franchise Tax Board Enterprise Data to Revenue (EDR) Project.- Storage design and implementation for enterprise applications- Application performance monitoring- Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery design and implementation- Virtualization integration

Designed and wrote code for applications that integrate disaster recovery platforms with enterprise storage solutions. Developed white paper and training deliverables around best practices, products. Presented solutions at vendor trade shows and other training events.- Software design (Java, C++)- Disaster recovery solutions (VMware and Hyper-V)

Contributed to storage performance team developing benchmark metrics and applying data models that represent middleware application behavior. Wrote white paper and solution brief deliverables around findings and best practices.- Storage performance and testing- Application integration