# Townsend D.

> Expert DevOps Engineer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/townsend

Experienced DevOps Engineer with over 10 years working on cloud software at SAP, taking several cloud products live. Skilled in operations, system administration, CI/CD, and security. Focused on DevOps architecture that enables engineering and ensures reliable service delivery.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Zippin
Jan 2020 – Present

### Senior Platform Software Engineer @ PolySign, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
As a software engineer in this FinTech startup, I led and collaborated on infrastructure and DevOps projects on a microservices architecture running on Kubernetes in AWS. I developed automation tooling in Python and Terraform and enabled the engineering team to iterate and test rapidly on the cloud infrastructure. I took PolySign's first offering live to production.

### Expert DevOps Engineer @ SAP
Jan 2008 – Jan 2019
Created development infrastructure and DevOps for cloud software projects from proofs of concept to GA products. Ran production cloud operations for applications deployed in Amazon Web Services and SAP infrastructure. Drove security assessments of applications.

### Architect @ SAP
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
Drove proof of concept projects integrating new concepts and technologies with SAP. Evaluated potential technology partners. Collaborated with other SAP developers on architecture and tools. Assisted the Chief Technology Officer with strategy and deliverables. Collaborated with colleagues in the Office of the CTO.

### Research Scientist @ SAP
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006
Applied research in information technology topics relevant to SAP business, including human-computer interaction, e-learning, mobile IT, and virtualization.

### Zope Consultant @ Beehive KG
Jan 2002 – Jan 2002
Short-term contract to reconfigure deployment of Zope application server for a client to improve performance and to support virtual hosts.

### Software Developer @ beehive elektronische medien, GmbH
Jan 2000 – Jan 2000
Developer of Python and Zope solutions used internally by beehive for content management, document management and data analysis.


## Education
### MS in Information Technology and Software Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Stanford University

### High School
Choate Rosemary Hall


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/townsend-d-4260663

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Last updated: 2026-04-12