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present

I am currently a Platform Engineer working on Loop by Dewsly. I automate, optimize, and measure all the things.

past

2007–2010 — operated Solaris and Linux systems at Kansas State University

2010–2011 — made tools for researchers at KSU

2011–2012 — supported customers in FireHost's (now Armor) managed hosting environment

2012–2014 — automated the cloud at FireHost

2014–2015 — made content marketing tools for rewardStyle's retail partners

2015–2016 — made a metrics platform at IBM/Softlayer

2016–present — helping scale Loop to every school district in America

I'm currently unavailable for full-time engagements. If you'd like my help on small projects, please feel free to contact me.

topics I can assist with include:

Python — Flask, SQLAlchemy, gevent, pytest, and more
databases & messaging — Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, SQS, SNS
devops & automation — Fabric, Salt, CI/CD
AWS Deployments — EC2, VPC, RDS, Route53, S3, SES
AWS Security — Effective IAM, EC2 IAM roles, VPC, security group policy, network ACLs