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Summary

Seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience in infrastructure strategy and organizational transformation. Expertise in architecting cloud solutions that drive operational agility and substantial ROI for enterprise clients. Known for fostering high-performing teams and simplifying complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.

Education

Sep 2003Jun 2007

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts | Sociology

Professional History

Graymatter Robotics
Nov 2022Present

Staff Engineer

  • Led and mentored cross-functional engineering teams, driving key organizational initiatives.
  • Automated AWS-native deployments using K8s and a Jenkins-based CI/CD pipeline, significantly accelerating product delivery and engineering productivity.
  • Established and standardized engineering processes, policies, and support frameworks, laying the foundation for sustainable, high-performance organizational growth.
  • Championed diversity and inclusion by actively seeking candidates from underrepresented groups.
  • Developed machine-learning-driven robot vision software and the APIs for controlling those functions.
  • Acted as a key liaison between engineering and customer-facing teams, translating complex technical requirements into actionable solutions that prioritized customer success.
  • Modernized legacy infrastructure and codebases, migrating to scalable, cloud-native architectures that reduced operational costs, increased system agility, and minimized technical debt.
Amazon Web Services
Jul 2017 OCT 2022

Cloud Infrastructure Architect (L6)

  • Led large-scale cloud migrations for Fortune 500 clients, architecting secure AWS solutions that accelerated customer ROI, enhanced operational agility, and secured multimillion-dollar long-term AWS contracts.
  • Acted as the technical lead and trusted advisor for enterprise clients, bridging AWS ProServe and customer teams to deliver end-to-end cloud solutions on-site across the US.
  • Designed and deployed a unified telemetry, compliance, and risk management platform for Amazon.com's global transportation and delivery services, integrating logistics, HR, and legal systems to enable seamless, enterprise-wide governance and increase the visibility and actionability of TRC data.
  • Modernized proprietary and legacy systems by architecting cloud-native solutions, driving platform adoption by easing the inclusion of existing technologies.
  • Co-developed and standardized AWS CloudFormation-to-Terraform migration patterns, facilitating seamless infrastructure-as-code adoption with full functional parity.
  • Provided actionable product feedback to AWS engineering teams (S3, Redshift) based on ProServe engagement experiences, driving feature improvements and solutions for end-users.
  • Partnered with customers to enhance relationships within AWS, contributing to revenue growth through strategic engagement.
  • Managed practice and mentored architects on projects nationwide, guiding technical execution and knowledge sharing.
ScalitY
May 2012Jul 2017

Sr. Systems Reliability Engineer

  • Architected and delivered distributed, exabyte-scale storage solutions for enterprise clients across diverse sectors, including national space agencies, research institutions, and governments, optimizing for widely variant requirements.
  • Designed metadata management and supervisory control systems for exascale storage (Ring) deployments in both GCP and AWS cloud environments, creating the first hybrid infrastructure for Scality's products.
  • Engineered novel infrastructure-replication frameworks using VMware vSphere, SaltStack, Python, Puppet and Scality's existing monitoring tools, reducing support issue resolution time by 65% and significantly improving service reliability for many customers.
  • Directed IT and identity infrastructure operations, implementing enterprise-grade disaster recovery, asset management, robust identity management systems, and zero-trust security, enhancing operational reliability.
  • Developed high-performance tools for systems analysis, data integrity validation, recovery automation, and performance optimization using Python, C++, C, and a whole lot of shell scripting.
  • Led global team of 8 systems support and customer solutions engineering groups, achieving a 20% increase in surveyed customer satisfaction and driving cost savings.
CloudmarK
Jun 2009May 2012

Sr. Linux Systems Engineer

  • Automated data center and virtual infrastructure deployments by implementing Puppet and developing custom Ruby/Python testing frameworks in a Git-driven CI/CD pipeline, reducing production incidents and boosting developer velocity.
  • Architected centralized monitoring and alerting platforms, utilizing 38,000+ tests to comprehensively monitor and secure systems.
  • Designed and maintained distributed storage solutions utilizing GlusterFS, HDFS, Lustre, ZFS, NetApp, and SAN fabrics to support data accessibility and reliability.
  • Pioneered the company’s cloud transformations, integrating AWS SQS into software offerings.
  • Directed border network hardware replacements with zero downtime, collaborating with major vendors to ensure seamless integration.
  • Maintained and optimized spam filtration infrastructure for global telecoms and ISPs, ensuring SLA compliance while processing vast input data.

Skills

Infrastructure Migration · Systems Architecture · Distributed Systems Architecture · DevOps · Application Modernization · Performance Engineering · Capacity Planning · Data Engineering · Serverless architecture · Container orchestration · Systems Integration · Application Security · Security Compliance · AI/ML design · Microservices architecture · CloudFormation · Terraform Cloud · AWS · Azure · GCP · IBM MCMP · Databricks · Apache Hadoop · Kubernetes · Docker · GitOps · Prometheus.io · Grafana · Apache Kafka · Redis · Snowflake · MongoDB · PostgreSQL · SQL (among others) · Python · C++ · Java · Go · Rust · Bash · Ruby · PHP · Javascript · Typescript · Swift · Haskell · Ada/Spark · Zig · Lua · TCL · Forth · R · Pinescript · GraphQL · LLMQL · Cuda · MATLAB · PyTorch · Tensorflow · Openstack · Commvault · IBM MQ · Proxmox · Active Directory · Okta · ServiceNow · VmWare · LxC · KVM/qemu · CircleCI · Jira · Confluence · Bitbucket · Gitlab · Github · Ansible · Chef · Puppet · Saltstack · Vagrant · Ceph · NewRelic · CloudWatch · CloudTrail · ControlTower · Lambda · IAM · WAF · ECS · EKS · RDS · DynamoDB · Collaborative design · EBS · S3 · S3 Glacier · Performance optimization · Infrastructure automation · Systems analysis · Big data analysis · Data analysis · Root·cause analysis · Process improvement · Technical writing · Collaborative design · API development · Continuous deployment · Cybersecurity practices · Network engineering · Technical mentoring · Team leadership · Leadership · Project management · Mentorship · Engineering Management · Startup Development · Technical Consulting · Customer engagement · Conflict Resolution · Interdisciplinary Communication · Auditing · Performance Engineering · Resource Allocation · Mathematical skills · Technical writing · Collaborative design · EBS · CloudWatch · CloudTrail · ControlTower · Lambda · IAM · WAF · VPN · Performance optimization · Systems analysis · Infrastructure automation · Customer engagement · Team leadership · Technical mentoring · API development · Continuous deployment · Cybersecurity practices · Machine learning · Network engineering · Microservices architecture · Cross·platform development · Mathematical skills · Process improvement · CloudFormation · Collaborative design · Big data analysis · Data analysis · Firmware Development · Product development · Root-cause analysis · Resource Allocation

Activities and Honors

Free Geek - Co-Founder - 2005-2012 - Portland, Oregon

Noisebridge - Member/Instructor - 2011-2017 - San Francisco, California

Resolutions Northwest - Court-Appointed Conflict Mediator - 2003-2022 - Portland, Oregon

Southern Poverty Law Center - Research Consultant/Field Operative - 2004-2024 - Various Locations

Multnomah ESD Outdoor School - Special Needs Field Instructor - 2004-2007 - Portland, Oregon

LaNgUages

English - Native // Japanese - Literate & Professional // German - Conversational // Spanish - Conversational