ABOUT ME

If I had to identify a superpower, architecting the solution would be mine. Problem solving is the critical ability of any engineer. I love to whiteboard out solutions; breaking the problem into build-able components.

Then I love to create, to actually go and build the components, bringing the project to life. I think of the systems and components in terms of capabilities, not features; what *could* it do versus what *does* it do.
I graduated from UCSB in 2008 with a background in Computer Engineering. This means I started looking for embedded systems jobs. After working right above the metal for a few years (e.g. cross compiling C/C++ libraries and the linux kernel) I decided that I wanted to move up the stack. This started a progression in my career taking me from working on the bare metal all the way to the web frontend.

This has given me a large breadth of experiences and shown that my strengths are supporting large scale applications. I have supported large webapps, analytic engines, developer tools and everything in between. I have been customer facing, which I quite enjoy, and locked in a closet with my computer to just build, which I also love. I have found that I am adaptable to the role required to keep the project going forward and revel in both the team and individual successes and challenges.

STRENGTHS

• Experienced in developing large scale platform applications
• Solid technical understanding of distributed, scale out applications
• High Linux/Unix proficiency
• 7 years of experience operating a non trivial system
• Strong experience in system programming.
• Expert in Java, Python & Bash
• Familiar with Golang, NodeJS
• Confident in my knowledge of Docker, Terraform, Kafka, Scribe, Cassandra, MongoDB, Puppet, Storm