Experience
Cloud Engineer | Red Canyon Technologies | 2025 - present
Senior Project Manager | DCCA | 2023 - 2025
- Collaborate with team leaders and key subject matter experts to manage over ten projects cross-cutting architecture, cybersecurity, operations, and development teams. Propose potential projects aligned with contractual requirements, program strategic goals and objectives, and unique opportunities to deliver customer value.
- Create and maintain project plans, track and communicate status to stakeholders, and identify and mitigate risks and issues. Deliver regular written and oral schedule, progress, and risk updates using Microsoft Project and GitLab reports and dashboards as well as in-person and virtual stakeholder briefings. Negotiate quality, schedule, and scope adjustments with stakeholders as risks and issues are identified and mitigated.
- Coach and mentor team leaders and members. Facilitate regular reviews of team and project performance, review lessons
Teaching Associate | Coastal Carolina University | 2024 - present
- Teaching courses as assigned. CSCI 110 Enterprise Business Applications which focuses on business applications involving beginning and intermediate spreadsheets and presentation software for business and computer science majors. CSCI 335 Project Management which covers techniques in project management based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge from the Project Management Institute.
Solutions Architect | Red Hat | 2022 - 2023
- Created and delivered public presentation highlighting successful integration of US Air Force Platform One Big Bang Kubernetes with Red Hat OpenShift to support North America Public Sector consultative sales teams.
- Led initiative to improve the cybersecurity compliance of Red Hat product hosted in the Platform One Iron Bank container registry. Increased Red Hat footprint while reducing vulnerability counts.
- Guest speaker in Sonatype's May 2023 talk "Mastering SBOMs: How to Thrive After EO 14028".
Enterprise Architect | DCCA | 2019 - 2022
- Managed projects with 30+ team members to re-host 15 applications and databases from from from Oracle Solaris to Red Hat Linux and then migrate 60+ servers from legacy hosting to AWS GovCloud cloud hosting. Adjusted scope and schedule to adapt to changing customer needs and vendor capabilities.
- Aligned architectural vision with contract requirements, stakeholder needs, and program staff capabilities. Created and refined key performance indicators and other metrics to measure and communicate success of technical and business decisions.
Senior Principal Systems Administrator | Northrop Grumman | 2018 - 2019
- Created and briefed project plans and schedules to senior program and Air Force leadership. Led schedule-critical project implementations at mission operations centers in multiple secure sites. Coached and mentored team members.
Project Delivery Manager | Deloitte | 2017 - 2018
- Managed security and software patching automation service for DISA. Upgraded software components and created custom solutions for customer needs.
- Planned and executed COOP projects.
- Analyzed performance data and prepared monthly program management review report.
- Supported and led weekly user training and feedback sessions.
Senior Linux Systems Administrator | NOVA Corporation | 2007 - 2017
- Managed over 400 Red Hat and SUSE Linux servers at DISA Mechanicsburg.
- Team received DISA "Outstanding Technical Program/Project of the Year" in 2009.
- Received letters of appreciation from customer for cybersecurity compliance achievements and for resolving critical problems.
Adjunct Instructor | ITT Technical Institute | 2002 - 2014
- Taught all classes within the "Information Technology - Computer Network Systems" associate degree program. In 2007, wrote new Linux curriculum including lesson plans, laboratory exercises, and exams.
Technology Writer | Torres Credit Services | 2005 - 2006
- Researched and wrote operations manual documenting collections, customer service, accounting, and information technology management core business processes.
Infrastructure Analyst | EDS | 1995 - 2005
- Integrated and deployed Red Hat and SUSE Linux on IBM mainframes at DISA Mechanicsburg. Taught Linux to customer and colleagues through formal multiple-day training sessions with written collateral, demonstrations, and hands-on learning exercises.