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Systems engineer and program manager in the Microsoft SMT OCTO Lab. Working to bring Microsoft technologies to all type of edge platforms - from small to large. Specialize in quickly gathering requirements and deploying customer solutions across broad array of products. Inspired by The Phoenix Project and SRE. I have a technical focus in all areas of Robotics, Microsoft Azure Stack, Windows Clustering, hybrid and edge compute and storage infrastructure, managing server and workstation security using AD Group Policy, systems automation using PowerShell, Bash and Unix-AD integration in large complex environments. In the last years I have managed multi-million dollar budgets for hardware purchases and worked with multiple customers in Windows Server HCI, Robotics and AI. I have previously worked on supercomputing and managed over 500 nodes in a Microsoft HPC cluster, preparing it for multiple customer engagements. I am a specialist in edge virtualization with hundreds of hosts and thousands of VMs. Powershell and DSC automation has been key in all areas of systems deployment and configuration. Keen interest in AI, robotics, large clusters, kubernetes, OSS, automated systems deployment, security management and scripting.Specialties: Microsoft Clustering, S2D, Azure Stack, HCI, Storage, HPC, VDI, Group Policy, Build Automation, Scripting, PowerShell, Bash, Active Directory, Windows Security, Hyper-V, Virtualization

Listed skills include Active Directory, Virtualization, Integration, System Deployment, and 30 others.

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  Senior Program Manager

  Microsoft

  Nov 2009 - Present - Redmond, Washington

  Program Manager across multiple technologies from AI, Robotics, Modular Datacenters, HPC, Azure Stack HCI, Edge platform computing. Managing the relationship between external clients and internal product groups to drive solutions using next generation software. Managed a multi-million dollar budget and team of vendors. Help define priorities and directions.