Building out infrastructure, assisting dev teams with deploying their applications to Kubernetes, and continuing to learn and share new technologies.

Software development company and consultancy- Create Kubernetes clusters which benefit from CRI-O, Linkerd, Calico, Traefic, Nginx, and K8ssandra- Automate Kubernetes cluster and image repository creation with Kubeadm, Terraform, and Ansible- Implement CD with kubernetes, Git, Flux, and Helm; and CI with Tekton or JenkinsX- Monitor and alert with technologies such as Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Datadog, and Cloudwatch- Improve security in K8s cluster by implementing RBAC pod security policies, adding mtls withLinkerd, and controlling traffic with network policies.- Write microservice in Go which authenticates and authorizes https requests to Cassandra database- Write Python scripts utilizing Docker (docker-py) and AWS (boto) APIs- Create build pipeline using Conan, JFrog, and Docker for C++ and Python app- Contribute to Agones open source project by writing docs and an example Kubernetes CRD in Go - Create continuous delivery pipelines with ECS, ECR, Docker, Jenkins and GitHub- Implemented OAuth2 server using IdentityServer4, scripted server build and deployment- Implement pipeline using Luigi, Docker and Python to chain tasks running in containers across Win and Linux in local, VCloud and AWS environments.- Write powershell and bash scripts to automate VM creation, configuration and deployment either with Anisbile or ad hoc.- Maintain and augment 6 LAMP and 4 WISA sites and associated VSphere VMs- Manage SSL certs, DNS records and registration for 50 domains and their subdomains- Designed mobile app for ARM based devices to gather data from Bluetooth enabled medical devices, transmit via RESTful API, and incorporate data into existing predictive analytics system- Designed wireless mobile inventory and point of sale system for multi location vendor- Wrote geolocation sharing app for Android and iOS in Kivy and Python: tribe.posfoundations.com- Wrote iOS and Android app for cyclists using Kivy, Python, REST and open source map data

Chelone Enterprises is a full service yachting company. We specialize in vessel construction, shipboard networking, and intelligent vessel safety systems.- Directed budget of $550,000 through completion of primary project, a 63' sailing catamaran- Created new SQL expense/inventory tracking system that reduced purchasing costs by 12%- Successfully added 5 new employees in order to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality

Avenity is a privately held consulting and software company. While working there, I managed the consulting side of the business and managed the network.- Implemented 4 virtual servers to accelerate product development across multiple platforms- Coordinated 12 employees to generate approximately $1.2M over 6 months- Recovered 1500 billable hours worth $187,500 by automating software builds

After the internet bubble burst, I worked with friends and past colleagues, providing my expertise on a per project basis. Most of this work revolved around designing and writing data driven software to support business requirements identified in meetings with the client.- Created market research software with IIS, Windows and SQL Servers; improved efficiency by 300%- Designed and implemented SaaS data warehouse, mart, and Web front end which achieved 24/7 uptime- Increased data usability by 30% via a dynamic SQL search engine running across millions of records in milliseconds

iStart was an internet incubator whose goal was to accelerate the business development of local startups. My purpose was to ensure the timely release of our child companies' v1.0 software.- Increased firms .Com offerings by 150% by leading creation and launch of 3 web based applications- Engineered DB processes enabling 24/7 secure transactional processing of 2.8 million simultaneous users online data- Decreased product development time by approximately 60% by authoring smart source code generator

I initially worked on v1.0 of MSN Plaza, coding storefronts. After the launch of the Plaza, I moved to the Commerce Server development team, coding "best practice" sample sites which highlighted the SDK, and wrote web based data management tools.- Microsoft purchased eShop in 1996 in order to expand their eCommerce offerings. Our new eCommerce software led to the creation of MSN Plaza, Commerce Server and BizTalk Server- Implemented 5 commerce enabled web applications which shipped with 4 versions of software- Implemented an auction enabled web site which raised over $50,000 for The United Way

eShop was a small start up focused on developing eCommerce software. As the internet became viable, we ported our proprietary software to a web based platform. My primary role within this company was to create storefronts and work with merchants to import their product data and export their orders. Microsoft acquired eShop in June of 1996 in order to advance their eCommerce software offerings.- Decreased external product data import time by 75% by rewriting data transformation service- Developed 1 new eCommerce storefront which increased total plaza sales by approximately 15%- Improved security of exported order data by 5% to achieve 100% financial data integrity