Michael Bentz
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Justin Chan
I worked with Mike as a product manager at Hearst. Mike is a smart guy who knows his code inside and out, but he's also a good writer who can clearly communicate complex development issues, which was especially beneficial for non-technical product stakeholders. When issues arose Mike was always willing to engage in discussion and talk things through to find a solution, all while keeping his keen sense of humor.
LinkedIn User
Mike has a knack for quickly assessing problems, roadblocks and opportunities for improvement and producing viable solutions that not only fix but also improve the processes and/or applications in question. Using his exceptional technical skills, he provides practical and inventive solutions. His sense of humor and quick wit make the workplace much more enjoyable and his dedication is a valuable asset to the teams he works with. I was fortunate to have worked with him on projects that involved facilitating multiple web feeds to online vendors that partner with the Houston Chronicle.
Justin Chan
I worked with Mike as a product manager at Hearst. Mike is a smart guy who knows his code inside and out, but he's also a good writer who can clearly communicate complex development issues, which was especially beneficial for non-technical product stakeholders. When issues arose Mike was always willing to engage in discussion and talk things through to find a solution, all while keeping his keen sense of humor.
LinkedIn User
Mike has a knack for quickly assessing problems, roadblocks and opportunities for improvement and producing viable solutions that not only fix but also improve the processes and/or applications in question. Using his exceptional technical skills, he provides practical and inventive solutions. His sense of humor and quick wit make the workplace much more enjoyable and his dedication is a valuable asset to the teams he works with. I was fortunate to have worked with him on projects that involved facilitating multiple web feeds to online vendors that partner with the Houston Chronicle.
Justin Chan
I worked with Mike as a product manager at Hearst. Mike is a smart guy who knows his code inside and out, but he's also a good writer who can clearly communicate complex development issues, which was especially beneficial for non-technical product stakeholders. When issues arose Mike was always willing to engage in discussion and talk things through to find a solution, all while keeping his keen sense of humor.
LinkedIn User
Mike has a knack for quickly assessing problems, roadblocks and opportunities for improvement and producing viable solutions that not only fix but also improve the processes and/or applications in question. Using his exceptional technical skills, he provides practical and inventive solutions. His sense of humor and quick wit make the workplace much more enjoyable and his dedication is a valuable asset to the teams he works with. I was fortunate to have worked with him on projects that involved facilitating multiple web feeds to online vendors that partner with the Houston Chronicle.
Justin Chan
I worked with Mike as a product manager at Hearst. Mike is a smart guy who knows his code inside and out, but he's also a good writer who can clearly communicate complex development issues, which was especially beneficial for non-technical product stakeholders. When issues arose Mike was always willing to engage in discussion and talk things through to find a solution, all while keeping his keen sense of humor.
LinkedIn User
Mike has a knack for quickly assessing problems, roadblocks and opportunities for improvement and producing viable solutions that not only fix but also improve the processes and/or applications in question. Using his exceptional technical skills, he provides practical and inventive solutions. His sense of humor and quick wit make the workplace much more enjoyable and his dedication is a valuable asset to the teams he works with. I was fortunate to have worked with him on projects that involved facilitating multiple web feeds to online vendors that partner with the Houston Chronicle.
Experience
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RM Factory
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Developer
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Nov 2021 - Present
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Web Infrastructure Team / DI Manager
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Oct 2013 - Present
In October 2013, we combined the DevOps Initiative virtual team with the WSC (Web Solutions Center) team to form a single unified Infrastructure Team that I now manage. We are responsible for the uptime of the various Hearst Newspaper websites (www.sfgate.com, www.chron.com, www.mysa.com, etc) as well as all of the infrastructure that powers our production, preproduction and QA testing environments. And since we are still DI, we continue to support code deployments and innovate new methods of delivery through automation so that we can deploy early, often, and with minimal risk to our production environment.
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DI Manager (DevOps Initiative)
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Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
Manager of DI - DevOps Initiative - a virtual group made up of people from both our Development (WCM Core - our Content Management System) and Operation (Web Infrastructure Support) teams. The idea is to bridge the gap between the two teams where both teams meet naturally; Code Deployments. We aim to improve our Deployment processes through Automation, Continuous Integration, Automated Testing (Functional, Regression, and Load Testing), and Continuous Delivery.
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Build Manager/Release Manager
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Feb 2012 - Oct 2013
Perform code reviews of items being added to a Release. Merge individual items into the Release (deployable package). Perform daily package deployments to QA environments for prompt testing. Work with Developers, Architects, QA to mitigate deployment risks. Work with Developers, Architects, QA and Stakeholders to ensure Release integrity and timeliness. Perform deployments to Production environments.
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Lead/Senior Developer Core CMS Team
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Oct 2008 - Apr 2012
Lead developer of a 6 member Agile Development team that enhances and debugs core CMS (used by all Hearst newspapers online) built using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS.Former position: Maintain, Support, and Create Online Classified's Processes for www.Chron.com. Perl, XML, Some Ruby, MySQL. Member of a 9 person Development Team.
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Hearst Newspapers LLC
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Houston, Texas, United States
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Director of DevOps
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May 2021 - Nov 2021
Directing a team of DevOps Engineers who are responsible for the application infrastructure that powers the platform on which the Hearst Newspapers' websites live. Put another way, we manage hosting for sites like sfgate.com and chron.com and are responsible for their uptime. I work with a group of exceptionally bright engineers who are intrigued by challenges and are motivated to solve problems quickly and efficiently. I also maintain vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, interview and hire new employees, and work with leads/engineers from other groups on numerous projects. When possible, I keep my own developer/DevOps skills sharp by handling some requests (DNS, SSL, LAMP Stack development/management) myself.
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Hostgator.com
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Perl Developer
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Jul 2008 - Sep 2008
Perl Application Development - Member of a 3 person team. Perl Application Development - Member of a 3 person team.
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Web Applications Developer / E-Commerce Coordinator
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Apr 2005 - Jul 2008
Planned, Developed, and Implemented both Intranet and Web-Based Applications like Inventory Control and Reporting, RV and Suzuki Websites, MIS Application Logging (LDAP Integrated) and such. Also cooridinated the relationshpi between the IT Dept and the Advertising Department (Liason). Online Inventory Control and Vendor Liason. Planned, Developed, and Implemented both Intranet and Web-Based Applications like Inventory Control and Reporting, RV and Suzuki Websites, MIS Application Logging (LDAP Integrated) and such. Also cooridinated the relationshpi between the IT Dept and the Advertising Department (Liason). Online Inventory Control and Vendor Liason.
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