Working in the Nimble Container Solutions team on solutions for management and data protection of Kubernetes based applications.

Worked on management and integration of the SimpliVity OmniStack with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Hyper-V. Responsibilities included implementation of key OmniStack VM management features on Hyper-V (backup, restore, clone, move, etc), mentoring other team members, and reworking product architecture to better support multiple hypervisors.Worked on the design of a Kubernetes Operator for deploying the SimpliVity datapath as a Kubernetes custom resource. Unfortunately only a baseline Golang prototype was completed.

Managed the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft group. Responsible for planning and generating development schedule and contributing to overall release schedule. Provide technical guidance to the team. Interface with external groups, partners, and customers to coordinate road maps and resolve issues.

Worked in the Host Integration Team for the Dell-EqualLogic SANs doing C# development. Implemented VSS requestor support for Microsoft's Hyper-V including clustered environments with Cluster Shared Volumes. Added enhancements to existing VSS requestor support for Microsoft's SQL Server. Worked on overhauling and updating the VSS requestor GUI including multi-threaded, multi-host management. Added support for Microsoft SharePoint.

Worked in the Host Integration Team primarily on GUI enhancements to the Auto Snapshot Manager using C#. Worked for EqualLogic for just under 2 months before it was acquired by Dell.

Varied work over the 10 years, first on Solaris I and II using C and then on Windows using C++ and COM/ATL and even later C#. Included both UI and some hardware control software. Started as the junior engineer in a 5 engineer team and left as one of two architects in a 30 engineer team that created the first C# version of the software to control the Microwave subsystem.