Richard Laurence Yaker
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Lindsay E. Haddock
Rich was instrumental to our agile transformation at Herbalife over the time he was here. I greatly enjoyed working with him over the past 11 years and frequently came to rely on his broad knowledge, expertise and leadership style to coach our organization toward a better way of developing software. He is an agile evangelist (able to speak to both technical and non-technical team members), a leader who builds a culture of relentless improvement and nurtures the potential of others, and he is one of the smartest technologists I know - frequently stepping in to help untangle complex threads with architecture, services or infrastructure teams. He has been an invaluable partner on some of our biggest programs under tight deadlines in highly complex environments, and always with wisdom and a sense of humor. I welcome the opportunity to work with him again and know that any company would benefit from his leadership and skillset.
Amir Ness
Richard has the holistic approach to life we all seek these days. I know it's taken him years to achieve it, and I know it's real. I trust Richard and I want to learn from him, he is truly a wise man.
Lindsay E. Haddock
Rich was instrumental to our agile transformation at Herbalife over the time he was here. I greatly enjoyed working with him over the past 11 years and frequently came to rely on his broad knowledge, expertise and leadership style to coach our organization toward a better way of developing software. He is an agile evangelist (able to speak to both technical and non-technical team members), a leader who builds a culture of relentless improvement and nurtures the potential of others, and he is one of the smartest technologists I know - frequently stepping in to help untangle complex threads with architecture, services or infrastructure teams. He has been an invaluable partner on some of our biggest programs under tight deadlines in highly complex environments, and always with wisdom and a sense of humor. I welcome the opportunity to work with him again and know that any company would benefit from his leadership and skillset.
Amir Ness
Richard has the holistic approach to life we all seek these days. I know it's taken him years to achieve it, and I know it's real. I trust Richard and I want to learn from him, he is truly a wise man.
Lindsay E. Haddock
Rich was instrumental to our agile transformation at Herbalife over the time he was here. I greatly enjoyed working with him over the past 11 years and frequently came to rely on his broad knowledge, expertise and leadership style to coach our organization toward a better way of developing software. He is an agile evangelist (able to speak to both technical and non-technical team members), a leader who builds a culture of relentless improvement and nurtures the potential of others, and he is one of the smartest technologists I know - frequently stepping in to help untangle complex threads with architecture, services or infrastructure teams. He has been an invaluable partner on some of our biggest programs under tight deadlines in highly complex environments, and always with wisdom and a sense of humor. I welcome the opportunity to work with him again and know that any company would benefit from his leadership and skillset.
Amir Ness
Richard has the holistic approach to life we all seek these days. I know it's taken him years to achieve it, and I know it's real. I trust Richard and I want to learn from him, he is truly a wise man.
Lindsay E. Haddock
Rich was instrumental to our agile transformation at Herbalife over the time he was here. I greatly enjoyed working with him over the past 11 years and frequently came to rely on his broad knowledge, expertise and leadership style to coach our organization toward a better way of developing software. He is an agile evangelist (able to speak to both technical and non-technical team members), a leader who builds a culture of relentless improvement and nurtures the potential of others, and he is one of the smartest technologists I know - frequently stepping in to help untangle complex threads with architecture, services or infrastructure teams. He has been an invaluable partner on some of our biggest programs under tight deadlines in highly complex environments, and always with wisdom and a sense of humor. I welcome the opportunity to work with him again and know that any company would benefit from his leadership and skillset.
Amir Ness
Richard has the holistic approach to life we all seek these days. I know it's taken him years to achieve it, and I know it's real. I trust Richard and I want to learn from him, he is truly a wise man.
Credentials
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
LinkedInJun, 2023- Oct, 2024 -
What Is Generative AI?
LinkedInJun, 2023- Oct, 2024 -
DevOps Institute Cert Prep: SRE Foundation (SRE)
LinkedInOct, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Leadership Foundations: Leadership Styles and Models
LinkedInOct, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Certified SAFe 4 DevOps Practitioner
Scaled Agile, Inc.Oct, 2018- Oct, 2024 -
Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.Jul, 2018- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Kinlia
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO/Technology Leader/Advisor
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Jul 2023 - Present
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Gondola Life
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United States
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO/Technology Leader/Advisor
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Jun 2023 - Present
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Herbalife Nutrition
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Brazil
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr Manger, DevOps Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering COE
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Nov 2022 - May 2023
Bootstrapped platform teams for Herbalife One digital transformation project. Platforms included Microservices (Kubernetes, Anthos), Observability (Splunk, Dynatrace), Messaging (Confluent Kafka), API management (Apigee), and Value Stream Delivery (Github, AzureDevOps)
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Sr Manager, Realease Mangement, DevOps and Deployment
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Jun 2020 - Nov 2022
* Managed a global organization of 40 Dev Ops engineers, supporting thousands of workloads and 3 million monthly orders. Led the modernization of Dev operations, including the implementation of Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Infrastructure as code. utilizing Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub , Powershell, Unix Shell across Microsoft .Net and Oracle Java Middleware and ERP stacks.
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Sr. Manager, Development Operations
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Aug 2017 - Jun 2020
Managed a team of 9 DevOps engineers across 4 time zones, supporting 100 production servers and 1.5 million monthly orders. Led the modernization of operations, including the implementation of cloud-based solutions, continuous delivery, docker containerization, infrastructure as code, and data-driven automation.
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Manager / Cloud Architect
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Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
Automated server configuration and cloud topology setup, reducing the time to upgrade projects and create new environments by 75% and 90%, respectively.
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Engineering Manager
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Sep 2011 - Nov 2016
Managed a team of 12 engineers and a customer support person across 3 time zones. Enhanced and supported the iChange wellness/fitness/weightloss platform, developed the Weight Loss Challenge platform, and led the complete rewrite of the iChange platform. Oversaw the development of native iOS and Android clients, implemented agile process methodology, and managed outside vendor development of Single Sign On/Master Profile infrastructure. Team was full stack including handling its own cloud infrastructure in AWS, and DevOps. Show less
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Nesting.com
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Chief Technology Officer
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Jul 2007 - Apr 2008
Hired team of Java engineers and front end HTML/CSS/Javascript engineers. Implemented Agile based development process. Used rallydev as online hosted project management tool. Led team to begin implementing multi tiered system to provide a web 2.0 standardized portal for moms/families using J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, and Spring MVC, talking to a MySQL backend. Development tools used include eclipse, maven, continuum, tomkat and apache. Hired team of Java engineers and front end HTML/CSS/Javascript engineers. Implemented Agile based development process. Used rallydev as online hosted project management tool. Led team to begin implementing multi tiered system to provide a web 2.0 standardized portal for moms/families using J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, and Spring MVC, talking to a MySQL backend. Development tools used include eclipse, maven, continuum, tomkat and apache.
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Be Jane Inc.
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Online Audio and Video Media
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Director, Web/eCommunity Services, Team Lead
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Mar 2006 - Jun 2007
BeJane.com is a branded social network and media company focused on empowering women through home improvement. We provide content and support to our community through both our BeJane.com web site and our partners and reach our community through television, radio, print and online. We create high quality, innovative content (both written and video) that embodies our brand and message that every woman can be a Jane. BeJane.com is a branded social network and media company focused on empowering women through home improvement. We provide content and support to our community through both our BeJane.com web site and our partners and reach our community through television, radio, print and online. We create high quality, innovative content (both written and video) that embodies our brand and message that every woman can be a Jane.
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Chief Technology Officer, Team Lead
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May 2000 - Dec 2002
* Managed all aspects of staffing of engineering and IT, including hiring, performance reviews, mentored on technical as well as team lead issues, and managed the ongoing professional growth of employees. * Managed budget creation, application development & implementation for a product which allowed 54 of the top film festivals and markets in North America and Europe, including the Sundance Film Festival, to accept paperless online submissions and press kits. This product (Brigit Fest) garnered a 2002 Webby Award nomination. Show less
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Stan Lee Media
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Director of ECommunity Services
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Aug 1999 - Nov 1999
Managed development of investor website, and intranet web systems Handled hardware and software platform and vendor selection for internal and external web systems Managed development of investor website, and intranet web systems Handled hardware and software platform and vendor selection for internal and external web systems
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Netscape Communications
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Developer Support Engineer
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Dec 1995 - May 1999
Led the development and implementation of DevEdge support processes, which improved customer service and increased brand loyalty. Provided high-end support to the highest profile members of the program, including CNET, Hotwired, ABC, Disney, CNNfn, and CBS Sportsline. Advised management on issues crucial to the program's success and devised benefits for developer community members. Led the development and implementation of DevEdge support processes, which improved customer service and increased brand loyalty. Provided high-end support to the highest profile members of the program, including CNET, Hotwired, ABC, Disney, CNNfn, and CBS Sportsline. Advised management on issues crucial to the program's success and devised benefits for developer community members.
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Education
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Columbia University in the City of New York
BS, Electrical Engineering -
Fair Lawn High School
High School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science
