I'm a passionate technology leader with over 20 years of experience, evolving from a curious coder to CTO of Infrastructure. My journey has taken me through the realms of cloud platforms, containerization, and DevOps practices. I thrive on leading radical teams, orchestrating large-scale migrations, and scaling systems to support millions of users. Child of the 90's, I've been a tinkerer and builder all my life.
🌟 My Superpower: Working with and building teams that deliver the impossible at the edge of technology, using the latest tools and techniques to push the boundaries of what is possible.
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CTO of Infrastructure & Developer Enablement @ Gala Games (2022 - Present)
- Led shift to proactive infrastructure and more mature security practices
- Architected a paradigm shift from pets to cattle 🐮 based deployment and infrastructure workflows
- Matured infrastructure support from "fire-fighting" to more SRE-oriented methodologies, reducing MTTR through observability and automation
- Rolled out infrastructure support all aspects of Gala's platform, supporting millions of DAU
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Director of Cloud Operations @ Qwinix (2019 - 2021)
- Spearheaded transition from AWS to GCP cloud services provider
- Built up a multi-national 🌏 cloud engineering team across 3 continents
- Achieved full GCP certification suite, including beta the DevOps certification
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Lead Cloud Engineer | Director of Cloud Operations @ Kasasa (2016 - 2019)
- Led transformation from legacy infrastructure to modern cloud architecture 🗺️
- Implemented Kubernetes using KOPS and integrated AWS cloud services
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Software Engineer | DevOps Practice Architect @ Golden Frog (2013 - 2016)
- Developed Windows Desktop VyprVPN product
- Designed and implemented multi-datacenter metrics and logging aggregation platform using ELK 🦌 and OpenTSDB
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Discord-based Adventure Game (2024 - Present)
- AI-led cyberpunk adventure using LLAMA for dynamic storytelling
- Rust-based microservice backend with Discord bot functionality
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RetroVision Gamiverse (2021 - 2022)
- Computer-sharing marketplace for game hosting with NFT integration
- Developed Solidity smart contracts and designed tokenomics
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Many other side projects (Always learning something new!)
- Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects for varying IOT and other projects
- 3D printing and design using TinkerCAD and OnShape
- Adventures in Unity and Godot game development
- Miscellaneous Python and Rust projects for fun and profit
- OLLAMA and other LLM experimentation
- Full GCP certification suite, including beta DevOps certification (2020-2021)
- AWS Certifications up to Professional level (2017-2018)
- Letter of Recognition from Kasasa for exemplary performance in AWS migration (2017)
- Letter of Appreciation from Golden Frog for contributions to VyprVPN product (2015)
⚡ Fun fact: I once designed a pre-802.11 Breezecom wireless network spanning 3 buildings over 2 miles that saved a company $6,000/month in ISP fees! 💡 (circa 2001)
📚 Remember: "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs