Google | Distributed Systems | 10+ Years Experience
Technical Program Manager and Systems Engineer with 10+ years leading cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end full stack software development projects. I've engaged a diverse spectrum of clients including Fortune 500 companies, Venture Capital-backed startups, the U.S. Congress, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Intelligence Community.
Currently driving technical programs at Google Public Sector, bringing together my expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and technical program management.
| Role | Organization | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Program Manager | 2024 - Present | |
| Lead Software & Systems Engineer | Booz Allen Hamilton | 2024 |
| Collection Management Officer | Central Intelligence Agency | 2022 - 2024 |
| Senior Technical Project Manager | Altria | 2021 - 2022 |
| Legislative Staff | U.S. House of Representatives | 2016 - 2021 |
| Software & Systems Engineer | Stealth Startup | 2014 - 2019 |
| Degree | Institution |
|---|---|
| M.S. Systems Engineering | Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering |
| B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Certificate, Multicultural Studies | University of Missouri-Columbia |
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| Certification | Issuer | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect | Active | |
| KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate | Linux Foundation | Active |
| KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate | Linux Foundation | Active |
| Project Management Professional (PMP) | PMI | Active |
| PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) | PMI | Active |
| Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) | INCOSE | Active |
| Certified SAFe 6 Agilist | Scaled Agile | Active |
| Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) | Scrum.org | Active |
| CompTIA Security+ | CompTIA | Active |
| CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+) | CompTIA | Active |
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Member
- INCOSE - Washington Metro Area Chapter - Member
- Agile Systems & Systems Engineering | Architecture | AI Systems | Defense Systems | PM-SE Integration
- Project Management Institute (PMI) - Washington, DC Chapter - Member
- Congressional Tech Staff Association - Member
| Role | Organization | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Architect | Missouri State Society | Education |
| Volunteer | PMI Washington DC Chapter | Science & Technology |
| Visitor's Office Volunteer | White House | Education |
Production-grade Kubernetes cluster running on 3x ASUS NUC 155h
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| Component | Configuration |
|---|---|
| Control Plane | 3-node HA with Kubernetes v1.35.0 |
| etcd | Stacked cluster with 3 voting members |
| VIP Failover | kube-vip for high availability |
| CNI | Flannel for pod networking |
| Load Balancer | MetalLB with L2 advertisement |
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TrueNAS Server │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Media │ │
│ │ (NFS) │ │
│ └──────┬───────────────┬───────┘ │
│ │ │ │
│ Longhorn Backups │
└─────────┼───────────────┼───────────┘
│ │
┌─────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────┐
│ │ Kubernetes │ │
│ ┌──────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────┐ │
│ │ Longhorn (3-replica) │ │
│ │ 50GB HA Distributed Storage │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Intel GPU Plugin | Deployed on all 3 nodes |
| Hardware Transcoding | Intel Quick Sync (i915) |
| Plex Media Server | Running with GPU passthrough |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes Dashboard | Cluster management |
| Prometheus | Metrics collection |
| Grafana | Visualization dashboards |
| Alertmanager | Alerting & notifications |
- Tailscale - Secure mesh VPN with RBAC
- Storage VLAN - Isolated NFS traffic
- ServiceAccount Roles - Principle of least privilege
