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Cedar Park, TX, US

Austin, TX, US

An independent source for industry validated subject matter expertise focused on continuous delivery, platform engineering, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code, continuous integration, APIs, and containers.☑ Trusted voice in tech with over 700 in-depth articles published covering a myriad of topics.☑ Educational, friendly, and inclusive blog.

Seattle, WA, US

Driving the transformation of complex platforms by enabling teams to adopt cutting-edge technologies and practices. I specialize in bridging strategy and execution and aligning platforms with business goals.➖ Accelerating Delivery: My focus on velocity ensures projects move quickly without sacrificing quality. I streamline workflows, enabling rapid.

Seattle, WA, US

I lead the delivery of complex cloud and DevOps engagements, focusing on architecting solutions for software development and cloud infrastructure. I drive high-quality outcomes and ensure seamless execution for clients.➖ Accelerating Delivery: I ensure that projects are delivered quickly and efficiently by building fully automated CI/CD pipelines and.

Palo Alto, California, US

Chief Technologist / Senior Director with concrete track record in delivering holistic multi-cloud designs supported by end-to-end automation with continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.☑ People Leader for a department consisting of Technical Marketing, Solutions Architecture, and Developer Relations.☑ Lead architect on numerous.

Draper, UT, US

Design and construct video training courses for IT professionals using real world, hands-on experience with various enterprise technologies.☑ Taught mainstream topics such as private cloud, networking, converged infrastructure, storage, virtualization, and complex design.☑ Delivered a highly popular course covering the Cisco Certified Network Associate.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Engaged in consulting workshops ranging from C-suite executives to IT professionals to provide strategy, planning, road map, and enterprise design with a prescriptive and solutions oriented focus. Primary focus on next generation infrastructure, hybrid cloud architecture, and the people, processes, and tools required to build a robust DevOps-centric.

Nashville, Tennessee, US

The Chicago VMware User Group (VMUG) is designed to support VMware users in the Greater Chicago area. The goal of each meeting is to provide a forum in which members can share experiences, best practices, and expertise among both end users and industry experts. The VMUG team also provide a channel for the user community to deliver feedback directly to.

Schaumburg, IL, US

Tasked with providing deep VMware expertise to a corporation looking to virtualize thousands of servers into a private cloud.☑ Liaison between a small operations group and a 500+ person development team.☑ Developed workflows and coded projects to automate service delivery, configuration, and retirement in PowerShell, vCenter Orchestrator, and Python.☑.

Transformed a small team using agile methodology while providing operational knowledge on enterprise systems administration and automation.☑ Destroyed silos between operations and a 25 person development team to build an integrated IT vision.☑ Designed, maintained, and iterated a regulatory compliance call recording system with requirements to record and.

Floated among several GM clients in the greater Midwest area to provide design and deployment services for back-end systems.☑ Successfully proposed the use of VMware ESX 3.x virtualization for ROBO sites to reduce server footprint by 6:1 and costs by over 250%.☑ Refactored all Microsoft Active Directory services using Windows Server 2003, the use of Group.

Miami, FL, US

IT Support to the Midwest regional headquarters, and Administrative Assistant to two clients: Nissan / Infiniti in Aurora, and Daimler Chrysler in Naperville.☑ Managed Windows network at regional headquarters for senior level staff.☑ Deployed, configured, and managed Active Directory user / group administration.☑ Lead support engineer responsible for.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Field Technician, contracted through EcoComp / Telemon, to Ameritech's DSL division, along with high profile installs for Focal and McLeod USA.☑ Wired and installed DSL service from demarc point to commercial and residential clients and performed high level troubleshooting of DSLAM and Redback issues☑ Lineman for CAT5/CAT6, coax, trunk, riser, MDF/IDF, and.

Master Of Business Administration, Concentration In Project Management

Bachelor Of Science, Network And Communications Management