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Denver, CO, US

Leading DevOps relationships with platform partners, including OVH and LeaseWeb to develop custom BIOS distributions to support AMD SEV-SNP on available hardware. Created a custom Linux kernel and virtual machine firmware to execute inside a sealed TEE environment. Performance testing, monitoring, best practices implementation for a distributed MPC network.

San Francisco, California, US

Cross-team Engineering-based organization lead for DevOps and Security Best Practices. Responsibilities include: managing external audit partners, threat research, policy development and implementation, preparing reports on upcoming (and completed) projects for the Executive Team, active management of a virtual corporate network, and overseeing the daily.

San Francisco, California, US

Blockchain operations, security, and Rust engineering for Nodle; the IoT network of Polkadot. Highlights include: launching the network's Eden parachain, creating an organization-level CI/CD pipeline for both code and infrastructure, and implementing metrics infrastructure tools for the entire ecosystem with our partners at OnFinality.

Eugene, OR, US

Platform engineering and operations support for high-growth, security-focused clientele, primarily in Rust and Solidity. Primary responsibilities included: service design, development, and deployment; stakeholder management; and integrating blockchain clients with other infrastructure.

Planned and executed the Rocky Mountain region's first Rust-focused software development conference.

Uptime Ventures was a software and hardware consultancy, focusing on robust network protocols for embedded Linux devices (with special attention to IP-based IoT and RF telemetry systems). Much of my work focused on developing open-source solutions to networking problems in Rust.

My duties as Executive Producer include, but aren't limited to: training new voice talent (hosts), hosting two on-air programs, overseeing and executing major software development projects that are part of our core architecture (including our custom live and on demand digital media analytics system), producing 5 of the network's programs, and general.

Designing multimedia marketing campaigns for clients, and directing media acquisition. Directed creation of digital, print, and film marketing assets.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Fostering and maintaining relations within the open source community, providing support to teams who were integrating their product with the Mad Mimi API, stabilizing the Ruby on Rails-backed platform, and advising on open source licenses.

Client relations, prototyping, project management

Owned and operated a technology consultancy catering to artists and the media industry.

General Studies

Audio Production