Well rounded Information Technology professional with over 18 years of experience in various roles and facets of the industry. Proficient with diverse operating systems, networking, and cloud environments. Experience programming full stack applications and automating of complex processes. Able to analyze complex scenarios and develop out of the box solutions for difficult problems. Vast experience collaborating with cross-functional teams with a proven track record of producing secure and resilient products.

John Deere – Site Reliability Engineering
Senior Site Reliability Engineer | April 2021 - Present

  • Engage\Pair with teams across the Enterprise
  • Coach on DevOps and SRE practices
  • Improve telemetry/observability
  • Reduce MTTR and increase time between incidents

John Deere – Cloud Foundational
Software Engineer | June 2018 – April 2021

  • Maintain code that creates AWS accounts, Azure subscriptions, and base infrastructure
  • EC2 image creation process and framework

John Deere – GS3 Storage
IT Analyst | July 2016 – June 2018

  • Managed NetAPP and Isilon NAS appliances 
  • Managed Atmos/ECS Object Storage appliances
  • Implemented DevOps, Infrastructure as Code and Self Service

CTG/IBM/John Deere – GS3 Unix/Linux Team
Linux Administrator | August 2013 – July 2016

  • Implemented Configuration Management (Puppet)
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code and Self Service
  • Wrote and maintained scripts and automation

Orion Community School District
Directory of Information Technology | January 2010 – August 2013

  • Built and Managed district wide WAN
  • Managed 1500 users and 700 devices with custom automation
  • Managed Windows Servers, Linux Servers, AD, Email Servers, Web Servers, ETC
  • Taught students in after school computer club

Country Stone Holding
System/Network Administrator and Software Developer | August 2007 - January 2010

  • Designed, Build, Maintained 20 site WAN
  • Managed Linux Servers, Windows Servers, and iSCSI SANs
  • Maintained Email, Directory Services, SCM, Webservers, BI servers
  • Developed custom accounting software

United State Army\Iowa Army National Guard
Sergeant | November 2002 – March 2009

  • CH-47 Chinook Mechanic
  • Afghanistan January 2008 – March 2009

EBE Technologies
Software Developer | June 2006 – August 2007

  • Coded on Imaging and Workflow software targeting the trucking industry
  • Developed first release of TEAMS staffing/recruiting software

CES Computers/John Deere
Support Technician | June 2005 – June 2006

  • Contracted to John Deere for Tier II desktop support

  • Scott Community College (2003 – 2005) – A.A.S. Microcomputer Information Technology
  • St. Ambrose University (2004) – 29 Credits | 3.6 GPA
  • University of Maryland University College (2008)  – 6 Credits During Afghanistan Deployment | 4.0 GPA

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate | August 2020
  • Compaq HP Accredited Platform Specialist | October 2005
  • CompTIA A+ | November 2003