2022 — NowDefense UnicornsStaff Software Engineer

2022 — Now

Tech lead for open source Golang projects focused on air-gap software delivery in regulated environments.

Coded a full-stack web app using Golang and Svelte to provide a dashboard for K8s platform operators including custom CRDs and bespoke platform metrics.

Hacked the OCI specification to store an entire regulated K8s platform and mission apps as a compressed artifact in OCI registries.

Architected a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform to codify and automate security compliance for a $390M digital transformation project with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Performed SRE and other platform engineering functions for 20 Kubernetes clusters running mission apps and underlying platform components necessary to secure a government ATO.

2021 — NowThe Apache Software FoundationApache Flagon Committer

2021 — Now

Contributing to Apache Flagon, the open source user analytics and behavioral logging system

2021 — 2022creditshelf AktiengesellschaftData Engineer

2021 — 2022

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Led the transition from a legacy ETL system to Kubeflow Pipelines, deprecated 40K lines of code across 5 applications and increased data throughput by 50%

Directed and architected an industry-leading data aggregation project to automate the collection and analysis of financial data, reduced analysis time by 66%

Conducted cybersecurity audit and remediation, introduced vulnerability scans and static code analysis in 5 CI pipelines, mitigated over 100 vulnerabilities in Java and Python apps

2016 — 2021United States Air ForceCyber Operations Officer

2016 — 2021

RAF Mildenhall

Led 24 Airmen overseeing 5 networks/$76M supporting cyber operations on global airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions

Directed 10-member data analytics team focusing on geographic data visualization and characterizing intel activities in hostile environments

Engineered remote network monitoring capabilities for classified data processing systems using Snort, ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK)

2018 — 2021Kessel RunSoftware Engineer

2018 — 2021

United States

Led a team of 10 software engineers on a revolutionary $3.2M project to deprecate a $10M legacy system used by NATO coalition forces at Al Udeid Air Force Base

Wrote full-stack mission planning software that increased master air attack planning efficiency by 300% and implemented a continuous delivery model that reduced software deployment time from 2 years to 1 week

Enabled other developers using pair programming, TDD, and other Agile XP practices to transform the way the world's largest bureaucracy builds software

Delivered software on multiple teams while engaging in a portfolio-wide solution for event sourcing across 18 microservices using RabbitMQ with Spring Boot

Engaged with other Engineering Leads, Product Managers, Designers, and Stakeholders to conduct user interviews, prioritize features, and perform technical reviews

Developed a secure user analytics platform using Apache Flagon, adopted by over 10 teams in the organization

Education

2018 — 2021

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Science

2018 — 2021

2013 — 2016

University of West Florida

Bachelor of Science - BS

2013 — 2016

2009 — 2012

University of West Florida

Bachelor of Arts - BA

2009 — 2012

United States Air Force

Experience+

Education

Master of Science

Bachelor of Science - BS

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Undergraduate Cyber Training