Cole Henderson
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Rob Campanella
Cole is basically famous at 4G Clinical. His first summer here, he was "the intern" somewhere in the middle of his time at college. I believe he anticipated a summer of fetching coffee for others but quickly learned we intended to have him actually help move some devops priorities forward. And boy did he help. And learn. He absorbed everything. You didn't need to explain things more than once, and he was off and running. At the end of the summer I told him he would be welcomed back the following summer or even during Thanksgiving/Xmas breaks when he was back from college - if he was interested. To our delight, he was. He helped us for another summer and multiple school vacations before we extended him an offer to join our team full time once he graduated. From bright eyed intern to entry level employee and eventually project lead, Cole continued to grow and add value throughout his time at 4G Clinical. Cole was as valuable as he was because he was not just following orders, but instead understood WHY we were asking him to do something and how his project fit into the overall technical/functional landscape. So while his technical skills were great, his understanding of our business was impressive as well. This is why he became the go to person for many of the areas for which devops was responsible. Cole is absolutely someone I would bring back onto my team if I ever have the chance. Best of luck, Cole. You have my number.
Kieran Bellew
Cole is a pleasure to work with. He brings a unique blend of thoughtfulness, compassion, approachability, and an ability to think critically about complex problems. While at 4G, Cole grew to become a vital part of the DevOps team, particularly through his full-stack development work on a crucial platform that enabled every team at the organisation. He continuously pursued difficult projects and training to challenge himself and improve his skills as an engineer. It was sad to see him go, but it's exciting to see what challenge he'll pick next.
Rob Campanella
Cole is basically famous at 4G Clinical. His first summer here, he was "the intern" somewhere in the middle of his time at college. I believe he anticipated a summer of fetching coffee for others but quickly learned we intended to have him actually help move some devops priorities forward. And boy did he help. And learn. He absorbed everything. You didn't need to explain things more than once, and he was off and running. At the end of the summer I told him he would be welcomed back the following summer or even during Thanksgiving/Xmas breaks when he was back from college - if he was interested. To our delight, he was. He helped us for another summer and multiple school vacations before we extended him an offer to join our team full time once he graduated. From bright eyed intern to entry level employee and eventually project lead, Cole continued to grow and add value throughout his time at 4G Clinical. Cole was as valuable as he was because he was not just following orders, but instead understood WHY we were asking him to do something and how his project fit into the overall technical/functional landscape. So while his technical skills were great, his understanding of our business was impressive as well. This is why he became the go to person for many of the areas for which devops was responsible. Cole is absolutely someone I would bring back onto my team if I ever have the chance. Best of luck, Cole. You have my number.
Kieran Bellew
Cole is a pleasure to work with. He brings a unique blend of thoughtfulness, compassion, approachability, and an ability to think critically about complex problems. While at 4G, Cole grew to become a vital part of the DevOps team, particularly through his full-stack development work on a crucial platform that enabled every team at the organisation. He continuously pursued difficult projects and training to challenge himself and improve his skills as an engineer. It was sad to see him go, but it's exciting to see what challenge he'll pick next.
Rob Campanella
Cole is basically famous at 4G Clinical. His first summer here, he was "the intern" somewhere in the middle of his time at college. I believe he anticipated a summer of fetching coffee for others but quickly learned we intended to have him actually help move some devops priorities forward. And boy did he help. And learn. He absorbed everything. You didn't need to explain things more than once, and he was off and running. At the end of the summer I told him he would be welcomed back the following summer or even during Thanksgiving/Xmas breaks when he was back from college - if he was interested. To our delight, he was. He helped us for another summer and multiple school vacations before we extended him an offer to join our team full time once he graduated. From bright eyed intern to entry level employee and eventually project lead, Cole continued to grow and add value throughout his time at 4G Clinical. Cole was as valuable as he was because he was not just following orders, but instead understood WHY we were asking him to do something and how his project fit into the overall technical/functional landscape. So while his technical skills were great, his understanding of our business was impressive as well. This is why he became the go to person for many of the areas for which devops was responsible. Cole is absolutely someone I would bring back onto my team if I ever have the chance. Best of luck, Cole. You have my number.
Kieran Bellew
Cole is a pleasure to work with. He brings a unique blend of thoughtfulness, compassion, approachability, and an ability to think critically about complex problems. While at 4G, Cole grew to become a vital part of the DevOps team, particularly through his full-stack development work on a crucial platform that enabled every team at the organisation. He continuously pursued difficult projects and training to challenge himself and improve his skills as an engineer. It was sad to see him go, but it's exciting to see what challenge he'll pick next.
Rob Campanella
Cole is basically famous at 4G Clinical. His first summer here, he was "the intern" somewhere in the middle of his time at college. I believe he anticipated a summer of fetching coffee for others but quickly learned we intended to have him actually help move some devops priorities forward. And boy did he help. And learn. He absorbed everything. You didn't need to explain things more than once, and he was off and running. At the end of the summer I told him he would be welcomed back the following summer or even during Thanksgiving/Xmas breaks when he was back from college - if he was interested. To our delight, he was. He helped us for another summer and multiple school vacations before we extended him an offer to join our team full time once he graduated. From bright eyed intern to entry level employee and eventually project lead, Cole continued to grow and add value throughout his time at 4G Clinical. Cole was as valuable as he was because he was not just following orders, but instead understood WHY we were asking him to do something and how his project fit into the overall technical/functional landscape. So while his technical skills were great, his understanding of our business was impressive as well. This is why he became the go to person for many of the areas for which devops was responsible. Cole is absolutely someone I would bring back onto my team if I ever have the chance. Best of luck, Cole. You have my number.
Kieran Bellew
Cole is a pleasure to work with. He brings a unique blend of thoughtfulness, compassion, approachability, and an ability to think critically about complex problems. While at 4G, Cole grew to become a vital part of the DevOps team, particularly through his full-stack development work on a crucial platform that enabled every team at the organisation. He continuously pursued difficult projects and training to challenge himself and improve his skills as an engineer. It was sad to see him go, but it's exciting to see what challenge he'll pick next.
Credentials
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Nov, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Tecton
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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DevOps Engineer
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Apr 2023 - Present
- Spearheaded a comprehensive cloud cost-optimization effort, leading to a 28% reduction in total AWS spend - Coordinated and executed Tecton’s first customer-wide maintenance window email and the related upgrade, resulting in zero customer interruptions and a template for all future such actions - Discovered and resolved 58 customer-impacting security vulnerabilities across 6 services, significantly mitigating client risk - Spearheaded a comprehensive cloud cost-optimization effort, leading to a 28% reduction in total AWS spend - Coordinated and executed Tecton’s first customer-wide maintenance window email and the related upgrade, resulting in zero customer interruptions and a template for all future such actions - Discovered and resolved 58 customer-impacting security vulnerabilities across 6 services, significantly mitigating client risk
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4G Clinical
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer
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Sep 2021 - Mar 2023
- Restructured the Junior DevOps Engineer position title, job description, and hiring process, leading to a 10-fold increase in applicants - Eliminated repetitive and identical local Docker builds during testing of principal software by pushing and pulling images to and from a repository, cutting testing time by 25% - Refined autoscaling configuration for internal Kubernetes resources, reducing related server costs by 12%
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Junior DevOps Engineer
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Jun 2020 - Sep 2021
- Cut monthly AWS costs by 25% after scripting the archival of stacks that had no logins over two weeks - Built customer-facing private AWS Marketplace website, allowing clients to purchase the company’s proprietary software through AWS, earning account discounts for both parties - Fundamental in creating a new logging system that cut related costs by 90%
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DevOps Intern
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Jun 2018 - Jun 2020
- Built and scaled a complex ticket automation site that processed 99% of previously manual requests, reducing DevOps’ new hire need by 42% - Secured and restricted access to 994 GB of sensitive client data with the lead developer - Became first AWS certified employee
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Education
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Rhodes College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science -
General Assembly
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St. Andrews School