I began my career as a self-taught engineer who was willing and able to learn
new skills quickly. I am proficient in Bash, Python, Go, Docker and Kubernetes,
as well as a myriad of other technologies. My passions include running
distributed, resilient, secure systems and automating the surrounding tasks.
Since transitioning into leadership roles, I have learned to take the skills and
rapid understanding of technology that I had as an individual contributor and
translate them into meaningful strategic thinking. Where I previously sought
simply to be the most skilled engineer possible, I now understand how the
underlying technologies that we work with affect the decisions that the business
is making. Couple this understanding with high-level thinking and the ability to
make meaningful compromise, and you will find that I am a valuable leader for a
highly technical engineering and/or operations organization.
Chief Technology Officer
Fairwinds, Remote
April 2022–Present
Set strategic technical direction for company
Served as security officer and security architect
Managed and nurtured a growing open source community which became the source of
sales leads and established the company as Kubernetes experts
Led our SOC2 compliance program which enabled the company to land larger clients more quickly
Managed technical leadership team, growing and enabling new leaders within the company
Director, R&D and Technology
Fairwinds, Remote
April 2021–April 2022
Managed a team of SREs responsible for maintaining highly-available Kubernetes infrastucture
across many clients with 24x7 support
Particpated in hiring engineering management that produced a high-performing
SRE team
Managed the engineering manager for the SRE Operations team responsible for
routine maintenance of client Kubernentes infrastructure
Principal Engineer
Fairwinds, Remote
October 2020–April 2021
Participated in strategic technological discussions in the absence of a CTO
Continued evaluation of the impact of new technologies on business outcomes
Lead Research and Development Engineer
Fairwinds, Remote
October 2019–October 2020
Explored new technologies relevant to the business and evaluated them for
potential use or partnership
Developed and maintained open source projects to secure company recognition in the Kubernetes landscape
Continued to serve as a lead technical resource for the engineering department
Participated in a council to guide the technical direction of the company in a rapidly
changing Kubernets and CNCF landscape
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
ReactiveOps/Fairwinds, Remote
March 2019–October 2019
All of the same responsibilities of the SRE role, plus:
Participated in a council to guide the technical direction of the company
Developed and maintained internal tooling and processes to assist the SRE team
Developed and maintained open source projects
Site Reliability Engineer
ReactiveOps/Fairwinds, Remote
May 2018–March 2019
Maintained several customer infrastructures running in Kubernetes with 24x7
support and high availability
Assisted clients in migrating to Kubernetes in order to accelerate their business goals
Advised clients on best practices regarding CI/CD, security, and general
operations in Kubernetes in order to ensure smooth transition to Cloud Native technologies
Site Reliability Engineer
ReadyTalk, Denver CO
May 2017–May 2018
Developed and implemented Kubernetes for internal services
Assisted in the architecture of services running in Kubernetes
Developed metrics and alerting for Kubernetes clusters
Led the design and deployment of a global WebRTC audio gateway in Kubernetes
Systems Administrator
ReadyTalk, Denver CO
June 2016–May 2017
Responsible for Linux systems running development, staging, and production
infrastructure that supported all business operations
Maintained and improved Puppet/Foreman infrastructure to ensure consistent configuration
and reliability in business-critical infrastructure
Maintained and improved Nagios/PagerDuty infrastructure
Systems Administrator
Dairy Engineering Company, Arvada CO
June 2016–May 2017
Managed all elements of IT infrastructure from desktops to servers
ensuring smooth operations day-to-day
Maintained proprietary database application that backed all company
operations
Performed software deployments and automated many IT tasks
Implemented and migrated to an open source email solution, enabling the company
to save money and have reliable communications
Designed and wrote new website using MVC architecture in order to enhance company
brand and showcase used equipment listings
