Experience

Kollective Technology

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Site Reliability Engineer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Implement modular and automated Azure Infrastructure with Terraform and GitHub Actions for dev, stage, and production environments. Control access with Azure Active Directory Groups and Managed Identity. Vigilantly apply software/security patches to avoid vulnerabilities. Overseeing rollout for Azure region migration of our main product Implement modular and automated Azure Infrastructure with Terraform and GitHub Actions for dev, stage, and production environments. Control access with Azure Active Directory Groups and Managed Identity. Vigilantly apply software/security patches to avoid vulnerabilities. Overseeing rollout for Azure region migration of our main product



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2020

  Subject Matter Expert: Developed a deep understanding of Kubernetes and specifically in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Gained the trust of Microsoft's top customers to implement their critical solutions in AKS. Including PoC, lift and shifts, and full redesigns of legacy systems. Led Architecture Design Sessions with customers to understand their technical and business requirements. Helped design scalable and geo-redundant solutions to meet their needs. Worked with teams across the world across multiple time zones. Coach and content developer for worldwide containers training for Microsoft sales organizations and customers. Helped customers write and deploy Terraform for their production environments. Gave feedback to the AKS Microsoft Docs team and helped them review new docs yet to be published. Enjoyed building relationships in the Kubernetes community. Directly supported 10 of Microsoft's top customers and independent software vendors (ISV). Development Crews: Engaged in long term projects with customers in a Scrum methodology. Worked with my team to help drive Test Driven Design for our customer. Major focus in Azure DevOps and CI/CD Pipelines to establish engineering fundamentals with our customers. Deployed Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure for Fortune 50 media company.



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Evangelist

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  Developed a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application in C# that leveraged the external APIs, and deployed the app to Surface Hub.Delivered an executive demo to showcase the app functionality to an audience of 30 engineers, including the organization's Senior Leadership.The DX internship program was deemed highly successful, where the organization hired 3 additional summer interns the following year.

• Product Advisor

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2016

  Consistently led my team in target sales metrics and drove programs within the store to support my colleagues in attaining their goals.Trained 25 new hires and was the go-to person on the sales floor.Prideful in entire sales process from first contact to initial laptop setup.



Best Buy

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wireless Consultant

  • Oct 2011 - Mar 2013