Advisory Board Member

* Drove rapid prototyping and feature development for Cloud Servers NextGen platform
* Automated XenServer deployments for cloud infrastructure, reducing provisioning time from hours to minutes
* Validated hardware platforms from Dell, HP, and Open Compute Project, ensuring optimal performance for OpenStack workloads

Senior Systems Engineer, Cloud Servers/OpenStack

* Architected Rackspace's OpenStack private cloud distribution deployed in production environments serving enterprise customers
* Implemented comprehensive CI/CD automation for OpenStack deployments and upgrades, reducing deployment time by 60% and eliminating manual configuration errors
* Contributed to open-source OpenStack projects including core OpenStack and OpenStack-Ansible, with accepted patches for feature development and critical bug fixes
* Developed automated upgrade tooling enabling production OpenStack environments to leap multiple versions or update incrementally, supporting zero-downtime customer upgrades

Principal Engineer, Private Cloud

* Designed foundational Infrastructure as a Service product that evolved into OpenStack

Systems Architect, Rack Labs

* Integrated Slicehost technology post-acquisition, architected Windows Cloud Servers offering

Senior Systems Engineer, Cloud Servers/Slicehost

* Managed Systems Engineering team building large-scale Infrastructure as a Service platform that became foundation for OpenStack
* Collaborated with Development and Operations teams to ensure OpenStack software met enterprise-grade stability and scalability requirements
* Successfully launched Next Generation Cloud Servers in multiple global regions on schedule, supporting company's $100M+ cloud revenue growth

Systems Engineering Manager

* Led R&D for all server hardware and virtualization platforms provisioned into the Datacenters, developed first VMware offering

Product Engineer, Server Hardware and Virtualization

* Led strategic R&D initiatives for Rackspace's public cloud compute product serving millions of customers
* Served as Technical Career Track (TCT) leader, collaborating with Principal Architects across the company to solve complex business and technical challenges
* Built proof-of-concept KVM-based public cloud to evaluate migration from Xen, resulting in 25% performance improvement in initial testing
* Developed innovative live in-memory boot OS distribution using BitTorrent for rapid hypervisor deployment, eliminating traditional OS installation overhead
* Architected datacenter provisioning system utilizing iPXE for complete lifecycle management of 50,000+ server hypervisor fleet
* Launched Performance Cloud Servers based on Intel processors and optimized Xen hypervisors

Principal Engineer, Public Cloud

* Managed Infrastructure Engineering team of 4+ engineers responsible for development, design, and lifecycle management of all server platforms deployed across Rackspace facilities
* Collaborated with hardware vendors (Dell, HPE, OCP) to evaluate and validate new server technologies, reducing platform TCO by 15% through strategic hardware selection
* Developed automated firmware management and benchmarking tools using Phoronix Test Suite, enabling weekly performance monitoring across 10,000+ servers and proactive identification of hardware degradation
* Led team performance management including goal setting, career development, and performance reviews for direct reports

Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering

* Led cloud infrastructure initiatives supporting Google Cloud operations for internal applications and users, supporting a managed Kubernetes platform and developing automation solutions that streamlined operations across multiple engineering groups
* Established company-wide FinOps program utilizing Cloudability and strategic tagging methodologies, directly contributing to $4 million in cost reduction during the program's inaugural year
* Architected and deployed enterprise-grade OpenStack private cloud environment utilizing Kolla Ansible featuring full CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), full lifecycle automation, and automated bare metal provisioning delivering a fully redundant and resilient platform with 100% code-based reproducibility
* Mentored cross-functional teams on emerging technologies and championed automation best practices across Platform Engineering, resulting in enhanced team collaboration and measurable productivity improvements

Principal Engineer, Platform Engineering

* Founded and maintain industry-leading network boot utility enabling users to boot various operating system installers or utilities from a single tool
* Achieved 10,000+ GitHub stars and 1 million+ monthly menu loads worldwide, demonstrating widespread adoption across enterprise environments, home labs, and data centers
* Built thriving open-source community with active contributors, Discord community, and multiple funding channels (GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective)
* Architected globally distributed infrastructure supporting CDN delivery and automated build pipelines, enabling rapid OS deployment and system recovery operations at scale

Founder & Lead Maintainer

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