Experience

Sidero Labs, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Solutions Architect

  • May 2019 - Present

  Greenville, South Carolina Area



Virtustream

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Principal Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  Greenville, South Carolina - Architected and deployed Kubernetes clusters on VMWare and bare metal with Kubespray and custom Ansible playbooks - Built custom Kubernetes operators and Prometheus exporters using Go - Instrumented GitOps workflows with ConcourseCI and Ansible - Participated in on call rotation for support of Kubernetes, Openstack, and Docker environments - Open source commits to Kubernetes community projects and continued work as co-maintainer of Kubespray project



Solinea

• Cloud Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2017

  Greenville, South Carolina Area - Helped large media customer develop end-to-end image building pipeline for internal OpenStack and VMWare clouds with tools like Packer and Jenkins. - Assisted with Docker containerization of applications to be deployed into production. - Architected and automated Kubernetes cluster provisioning for client on OpenStack and Amazon using open source Ansible playbooks. - Authored golang code to automate the creation of infrastructure in both Openstack and Amazon cloud… Show more - Helped large media customer develop end-to-end image building pipeline for internal OpenStack and VMWare clouds with tools like Packer and Jenkins. - Assisted with Docker containerization of applications to be deployed into production. - Architected and automated Kubernetes cluster provisioning for client on OpenStack and Amazon using open source Ansible playbooks. - Authored golang code to automate the creation of infrastructure in both Openstack and Amazon cloud environments. - Designed and taught Docker training for basic and advanced users. - Open source commits to Kubernetes community projects. - Gave talks at two OpenStack summits on Kubernetes and OpenStack image building. - Published several public blog posts to company blog. Show less



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cloud Services Programmer Analyst

  • Aug 2013 - Feb 2015

  Charleston, South Carolina Area - Installation and configuration of Openstack cloud software. - Administration of lab and production Redhat servers. - Installation of open source Chef servers. - Creation of Ansible playbooks for setup of cloud hosts. - Custom cookbooks for Chef deployments. - Prototype and demonstration of cloud technologies using Amazon AWS and Openstack. - Automated scripting and creation of OS images for private cloud use. - Openstack Heat templates for… Show more - Installation and configuration of Openstack cloud software. - Administration of lab and production Redhat servers. - Installation of open source Chef servers. - Creation of Ansible playbooks for setup of cloud hosts. - Custom cookbooks for Chef deployments. - Prototype and demonstration of cloud technologies using Amazon AWS and Openstack. - Automated scripting and creation of OS images for private cloud use. - Openstack Heat templates for automation of stack creation. - Installation and configuration of Hadoop on High Performance Cluster resources. - Participated in creation of OSS policy for enterprise. - Administration of Openstack users and projects. - Attended Chef and Openstack training. Show less



ManTech

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  Charleston, South Carolina Area -Developed and deployed custom SharePoint 2010 web parts and site pages for team use (C# and ASP). - Automated several data call processes and programmatically created spreadsheets for Technical Review Board (Python, C#). - Successfully ported existing Marine Corps program installers from 32-bit Windows XP to 64-bit Windows 7 (Advanced Installer). - Acted as ClearQuest data administrator for Marine Corps project. - Evaluated use of platforms for document numbering… Show more -Developed and deployed custom SharePoint 2010 web parts and site pages for team use (C# and ASP). - Automated several data call processes and programmatically created spreadsheets for Technical Review Board (Python, C#). - Successfully ported existing Marine Corps program installers from 32-bit Windows XP to 64-bit Windows 7 (Advanced Installer). - Acted as ClearQuest data administrator for Marine Corps project. - Evaluated use of platforms for document numbering and tracking. Presented findings directly to government leadership. (Sharepoint 2007, 2010, CMPro) Show less



SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Nov 2012

  Charleston, SC -Acted in lead development role for DARPA sponsored crowdsourcing initiative -Created architecture for crowdsourcing effort on the Amazon EC2 cloud -Designed and developed iOS and Android apps -Developed Drupal-based collaboration site used by all members of project -Configured, managed, and analyzed Google Analytics statistics to provide reports directly to DARPA leadership -Made efforts to utilize Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) where applicable to cut… Show more -Acted in lead development role for DARPA sponsored crowdsourcing initiative -Created architecture for crowdsourcing effort on the Amazon EC2 cloud -Designed and developed iOS and Android apps -Developed Drupal-based collaboration site used by all members of project -Configured, managed, and analyzed Google Analytics statistics to provide reports directly to DARPA leadership -Made efforts to utilize Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) where applicable to cut cost and follow command directives -Spoke directly with sponsor daily and often led discussions -Proposed suggestions to contract developers and led technical meetings -Trained 20+ fellow competency members on Amazon EC2 and Drupal CMS -Attended Amazon and Google sponsored trainings -Received On-the-Spot award for team efforts Show less



SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic

• Computer Technician Intern

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  -Helped facilitate movement of functionality in accordance with BRAC (Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission) closure -Created transition plans to improve efficiency of BRAC tasking -Researched emerging technologies as part of an innovation team -Installed and configured private cloud using Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud -Racked and configured several servers and networking devices -Traveled to address sponsor concerns with projects



BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Research Co-op

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

  -Mobile device development using iPhone and Android devices -Created intranet employee site using Ruby on Rails -Microsoft Surface application development using C# -WiMax networking setup and support -Microsoft Sharepoint administration and training -Researched Customer/Car interaction -Trained new interns



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Help Desk Assistant

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2008

  -Assist students with basic computer needs -Organize the repair of computers -Install software and troubleshoot on various models of student laptops -Repair hardware issues and re-image laptops with major operating system issues