The OG Platform Engineering Company

Platform as a Product, platform strategy, platform engineering, app development, CI/CD, AI/ML.

Skiing, MTB, Family, Travel, Music

MBA, CKAD, Cloud Foundry Developer. Authored the original Platform as a Product whitepaper.

Platform engineering, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Open Source, internal developer platforms, platform automation.

Golf, Travel, Sporting Events

Creator of cf-mgmt and Platform Automation Toolkit.

Public sector, defense tech, government partnerships, mission-critical systems, federal contracting.

Skiing, Travel, Oly Weightlifting, EDM

MBA, 20+ years of public sector experience, extensive DoD and federal agency engagements.

Operational strategy, financial discipline and scalable execution.

Family, Watching Football, Travel, Weightlifting, Gardening, MTB, Hiking, Movies

20+ years of professional services experience, building disciplined operating models, enabling predictable execution, and optimizing delivery performance.

Automation, security and compliance as code, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), cloud-native architecture design, observability and reliability engineering.

Solving complex problems, spending time with family, exploring new places, discovering great food, and being immersed in art and music

CCSP, CKA, CKAD. BS and MS from Rochester Institute of Technology. Experienced in delivering secure, reliable solutions across diverse industries and technical environments.

Infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation, air gapped environments.

Hiking, Traveling, Learning

CKA, Bachelor’s degree.

Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, GitOps, Secure Software Supply Chain, Zero Trust Workload Identity

Family, Volunteering, Hiking

Results-driven Kubernetes and Platform engineer with over 20 years of IT experience, including hands-on development in Java/Spring, enterprise architecture, and large-scale cloud-native transformations. Proven in designing, operationalizing, and scaling Kubernetes platforms (OpenShift ROSA, self-managed), with expertise in AWS, Terraform, GitOps, Zero Trust identity (SPIFFE-SPIRE) and secure software supply chains. Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Administrator (CKA), Application Developer (CKAD), multiple AWS Professional/Associate certifications, and HashiCorp Vault/Terraform/Consul certified.

Platform engineering, Software engineering, Kubernetes, automation, air-gapped environments, distributed computing, scalable systems, containerization, application modernization.

Homelabbing, Gaming, Cycling, Skiing, Pickleball, Golf

15+ years public sector experience (both civilian and contracting), helped deliver large-scale outcomes across multiple DoD, IC, and private sector teams.

Platform engineering, continuous integration and continuous deployment, automation, network security, virtualization and containerization, infrastructure as code.

Family, Making, Woodworking, Gaming

20+ years of DoD/Government and Commercial systems integration and customer enablement.

Virtualization Architect focused on delivering enterprise infrastructure solutions. I specialize in VMware Cloud Foundation deployments for large-scale DoD environments, with expertise in vSphere, NSX, vSAN, as well as backup and disaster recovery.

Pickleball, UFC, Homelabbing, Travel, Chess.

8 years of experience in IT infrastructure across both public and private sectors, specializing in VMware Cloud Foundation deployments. Broadcom Knight, Master’s in Cybersecurity, and USAF Veteran.

Platform engineering, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, software development.

Hiking, camping, surfing, reading sci-fi/fantasy.

20+ years consulting with DOD and Intelligence Community in software development, cyber security and platform engineering. Masters in Computer Science, CKAD.

Platform Engineering, Platform Automation, Platform Operations, Cloud Foundry, Automation, Systems Integration.

Family, Gaming, Working out

U.S. Air Force Veteran, 20+ years supporting DoD/DoW IT contract work, CompTIA Security+ Certified

Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, VMware, Infrastructure-as-code

Snowboarding, Hiking, Cycling, Traveling, Food

7+ years of tech consulting for public sector and commercial clients with a focus on Platform Engineering and automation.

On-prem to cloud architecture, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, vSphere, highly available mission-critical systems, open source contributions.

EDM Festivals, Fishing, Outdoors, Family

CKA, CKS, CompTIA Security+, extensive DoD experience in high-responsibility roles.

Platform engineering, Cloud Foundry, platform automation.

Family, Gaming, Boating, Tools, Building Things

CompTIA Security+, 25+ years of IT experience across commercial and private sector environments.

Platform engineering, Kubernetes, application modernization, automation frameworks, secure deployment patterns, public/hybrid and on-prem infrastructure architectures.

Golf, Outdoors, Travel

CKA, CKAD, VCP-DCV, 20+ years of experience leading public and private sector engineering teams, with a focus on building secure, modern application platforms for Federal and DoD customers across hybrid and on-premises environments.

Automation, CI/CD, Release Engineering, App Containerization, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Open Source, Virtualization, Cloud-Native Architecture, Platform Transformation, AI, and Monitoring.

Homelabbing, Live Streaming and Video Production, Extreme Overclocking, Home Automation, and Micro-Soldering.

25+ years of IT and development experience across an array of different businesses with a heavy focus on practical implementation of massively scaling application platforms, both in-cloud and on-prem.

Platform engineering, Kubernetes, automation.

Snowboarding, Hiking, Traveling

Public sector and consulting experience.

Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Full-Stack App Development, SRE, Platform Engineering, Observability

Cooking, Horror Movies, Self-Punishment via Chile Pepper

11 years of BOSH and Cloud Foundry experience, 10 years Terraform, 5 years Kubernetes, 28 years experience in professional app development.

Product management, Platform as a Product, facilitation, platform team development, platform operations.

Triathlon, Long Distance Running, Coaching Youth Basketball/Soccer

CKA/CKAD, 8 years leading platform teams in private/public sector, 10 years in software development/product management at Cisco Systems.

Government ATO process, NIST 800-53, RMF, FedRAMP compliance, on-prem management and sizing, data center planning.

D&D, Board and Video Gaming, Cigars

Multiple industry certifications (CompTIA, Microsoft, and AWS), 25+ years government contracting and civilian experience.

Platform Engineering, Platform Automation, Kubernetes, Enterprise & OSS Cloud Foundry.

Travel, Home Automation, Backpacking

10+ years of consulting across private and public sector engineering teams with a Platform as a Product focus building secure, resilient platforms.

Platform engineering, platform operations, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, platform automation, site reliability engineering, program management, building delivery teams.

Camping, Whitewater Canoeing, Family Outdoor Adventures

15 years consulting, delivered extensive Air Force and Space Force mission outcomes.

Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Generative AI Architecture, AWS GovCloud, Cloud Migration, DoD Compliance

Gardening, Renewable Energy, and building things with AI while living close to nature.

Senior Architect with over 20 years of technical consulting and integration experience across commercial and defense sectors. Nine years of specialized experience implementing and operating AWS Gov and Secret Cloud environments, including DISA projects. Proven expert in achieving Authorities to Operate (ATOs) through implementation of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and DoD SRG STIGs. Holds advanced security credentials including CompTIA SecurityX (CASP+) and Security+ ce to meet DoD 8140/8570 requirements. Currently certified as an AWS AI Practitioner, DevOps Engineer - Professional, and Security - Specialty.

Platform Engineering, Platform Operations, Kubernetes, AWS, vSphere, Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Automation, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Scalable Systems, Containerization, Application Modernization

Family, Outdoors, Traveling, Building Things, Legos, Motorcycling, Off-Roading

15+ years experience in Public and private cloud. CKAD, NCA, NCP, NCM

VMware Cloud Foundation Stack, Public Sector, Virtualization & Storage Platforms, Enterprise Infrastructure, Backup & Disaster Recovery.

Cruises, working out, watching sports, homelab.

7+ years of experience in deploying and designing Enterprise IT and Public Sector Infrastructure. Certified Broadcom Knight with a M.S. in Cybersecurity. Proud Air Force Veteran.

Platform engineering, Systems engineering, Network engineering, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, cloud-native architectures (IaaS/PaaS), site reliability engineering, DevSecOps, automation, CI/CD, AI/ML integration, and secure platform modernization for DoD and government customers.

Family, Gaming, Music Making, Travel, Coaching Youth Baseball

U.S. Air Force Veteran with 13+ years in Defense & Space Enterprise Systems. Multiple industry certifications (CompTIA, Cisco).

Platform Engineering, Platform Automation, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes. Focus on automation and simplification of complex problems.

Family, Sun, Reading by the pool

CompTIA Security+, 30+ years of IT experience across commercial and private sector environments. 5+ years in leading technical teams in private sector.

Platform as a Product, Platform Engineering, Platform Automation, Platform and Infrastructure Security, Air-Gapped Environments, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Data Science.

Motorcycling, Gardening, Cooking, Learning

MSc: Cyber Operations, MIT-PE Applied AI and Data Science, Active TS-SCI, IAT Level II, CKA. 6+ Years DoD Contractor, 10+ Years IT.