Corey Ward

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ERG Black@Relativity Board Member | Senior Software Engineer at Relativity @ DevOpsDays Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, United States
About Corey Ward

Husband and father who creates software and processes to expedite products/value to clients.I am an advocate that helps people achieve their goals.Corey Ward is a Senior Software Engineer at Relativity, boasting nearly a decade of expertise in delivering value through the seamless implementation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) practices and services. He is not just a coder but also a community builder, recognized as an organizer of the prestigious DevOpsDays Chicago conference. Corey is passionate about fostering the growth of aspiring engineers through his dedicated mentorship, sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience.Beyond his professional life, Corey Ward is a devoted father of two, cherishing his role as a family man. His love for connecting with people extends far beyond the confines of code, as he genuinely enjoys engaging in conversations and building meaningful relationships with others. Corey's multifaceted background, from software engineering excellence to community leadership and family values, defines him as a well-rounded person in this landscape.

Corey Ward's Current Company Details
DevOpsDays Chicago

Devopsdays Chicago

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ERG Black@Relativity Board Member | Senior Software Engineer at Relativity
Corey Ward Work Experience Details
  • Devopsdays Chicago
    Organizer
    Devopsdays Chicago Nov 2022 - Present
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
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  • Relativity
    Senior Software Engineer
    Relativity Oct 2022 - Present
    โ€ข ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ: Responsible for Continuous Delivery Service that enables 100,000+ production deployments per month of 100+ applications. This decreased value delivery time from months to hours.โ€ข ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Architected and implemented system that automatically identified failures, categorized, and created tickets for 2,000+ incidents a monthโ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Reduced incidents by 50% by targeting high impact areas denoted by incident categorizationโ€ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Created suite of tools that reduced support burden by 20+ hours a weekTools/Technologies:โ€ข New Relicโ€ข Terraformโ€ข Splunkโ€ข Jenkinsโ€ข Github Actionsโ€ข Azure Functionsโ€ข CosmosDBโ€ข Microservices
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  • Relativity
    Advanced Software Engineer
    Relativity Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
    Greater Chicago Area
    โ€ข ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ: Responsible for Continuous Delivery Service that enables 25,000+ production deployments of 60+ applications. This decreased value delivery time from months to hours.โ€ข ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Automated change request creations for 40+ applications, reducing deployment cycle by 2-3 days per applicationโ€ข ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Engineered zero downtime of Azure function and Jenkins agent rotation saving 2+ hours of downtime a weekโ€ข ๐€๐๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Developed API endpoint that services 6 million requests a weekโ€ข Lead knowledge talks to ramp team up on product ownership and supportโ€ข ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : Continuously modified and improved CI templates and libraries used in 400+ pipelines โ€ข Authored Standard Operating Procedures ranging from credential rotation to disaster recovery โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Configured and provisioned Jenkins agents, masters, testing environments using Packer, Chef and Terraform
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  • Relativity
    Software Engineer
    Relativity Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
    Greater Chicago Area
    โ€ข Created PowerShell provisioning script that created 1000+ Hyper-V testing environments a day โ€ข Maintenance and development of CI/CD frameworksโ€ข Configuring servers using Chefโ€ข Image templating using Packer โ€ข Provision infrastructure with Terraformโ€ข Monitoring and support for Bitbucket, TeamCity, Jenkins tools, Proget, etc โ€ข Developing scripts to optimize Hyper-V usage
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  • Chess Technologies
    Field Technician (Independent Contractor)
    Chess Technologies Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
    โ€ข Mounting, installing, and replacing technological equipment and softwareโ€ข Dismantling servers/server rooms and relocating them
  • City Colleges Of Chicago
    Computer Information Systems Supplemental Instruction Leader
    City Colleges Of Chicago Jan 2013 - May 2013
    โ€ข Taught 120 Computer Information System students โ€ข Planned and facilitated three-to-five study sessions each week per class.โ€ข Assisted students in the development of appropriate study skills.โ€ข Created study materials to aid students in learning course material.
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  • City Colleges Of Chicago
    Chemistry Tutor
    City Colleges Of Chicago Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
    โ€ข Facilitated learning as a guide and coach to assist the student to become a successful, independent learner.โ€ข Performed needs assessment for students.โ€ข Conferenced with students to indicate and strengthen areas of weak cohesion and unity.โ€ข Integrated study and learning strategies to promote independent learning and maximize the tutee's potential for academic progress..
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  • Chicago State University
    Research Assistant
    Chicago State University Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
    Greater Chicago Area
    โ€ข Lead research team to produce deliverables in a time efficient manner.โ€ข Designed, executed, analyzed, and evaluated biological projects.โ€ข Delegated tasks to researchers based on their individual skills to increases productivity.โ€ข Collected and organized data to produce viable information related to topic.
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Corey Ward works for Devopsdays Chicago

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Corey Ward's current role is ERG Black@Relativity Board Member | Senior Software Engineer at Relativity.

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Corey Ward attended Illinois Institute Of Technology, City Colleges Of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College.

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