Portfolio

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Over the past 10+ years, I’ve had the opportunity to modernize infrastructure, scale platforms, and build automation for leading technology companies. Below are highlights of my work.

MixMode AI – Staff DevOps / Platform Engineer (2023–Present)

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• Kubernetes Migration – Led the full migration of AI infrastructure into Kubernetes, enabling scalability and cost savings.
• Infrastructure as Code – Designed reusable Terraform modules for EKS and VPCs.
• Cost Optimization – Implemented Karpenter for dynamic scaling, reducing operational costs.
• CI/CD – Deployed ArgoCD for automated, reliable deployments.
• Collaboration – Provided training and leadership across teams to ensure adoption.

PubNub – Senior Site Reliability Engineer (2021–2023)

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• Monitoring Modernization – Introduced VictoriaMetrics, saving $750k+ annually.
• CI/CD Security – Migrated to ArgoCD & Argo Workflows, integrated Trivy security scans.
• Compliance Automation – Automated SOC2 and PCI controls.
• Database Expertise – Implemented ClickHouse with sharding and replication.

Appetize – Staff DevOps Engineer (2018–2021)

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• Cloud-Native Transformation – Migrated from EC2 monolith to Kubernetes clusters across multiple regions.
• Terraform & Ansible – Built 12+ clusters with custom IaC modules.
• Monitoring at Scale – Migrated to Prometheus → Thanos → VictoriaMetrics.
• Pipeline Automation – Standardized Jenkins pipelines seeded directly from repos.

Chrome River Technologies – DevOps / SecDevOps (2015–2018)

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• Kubernetes Pioneer – Deployed first production cluster.
• ELK at Scale – Built distributed clusters handling 8M log lines per minute.
• Security & Compliance – Automated PCI audits, vulnerability scanning, and 2FA rollout.

Additional Experience

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• Fonality – CI/CD automation, security hardening, Mesos/Docker infrastructure.
• AdHoc Team – FedRamp-compliant payroll migration for the State of Colorado.