High-impact DevOps Principal and Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience streamlining the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC). Expert in the Atlassian ecosystem, cloud-native migrations, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Proven track record of architecting systems at Uber-scale (10M+ issues) and delivering significant ROI, including $1M/year in operational savings.

Professional Experience

Owner & Principal Consultant

SDLC Solutions
Jun 2022
  • Coached teams on DevOps practices, ceremonies, and CI/CD process optimization to improve deployment frequency and reliability.
  • Trained engineering teams on TLS certificate management and the implementation of self-hosted PKI frameworks for internal service security.
  • Architected enterprise Power BI dashboards to transform raw Jira Cloud metrics into actionable executive insights.
  • Designed ‘sdlc-bot,’ a modular Slack integration featuring a pluggable architecture to automate SDLC notifications.
  • Developing custom Jira-to-Miro integration patterns to enhance visual collaboration and roadmap synchronization.

Software Engineer III, Principal

Uber
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
  • Managed SRE and infrastructure for a global, multi-node Atlassian Data Center cluster supporting 10M+ issues and 40K+ monthly users.
  • Architected the transition from legacy CloudFormation to Terraform, achieving platform-wide consistency and reducing manual configuration via Ansible.
  • Enhanced observability by rolling out Dynatrace and Elastic APM, establishing performance baselines that optimized instance sizing.
  • Developed custom integrations between Jira, PagerDuty, and Slack to automate incident response for global engineering teams.

Principal DevOps Solutions Architect

Adaptavist
May 2019 - Oct 2022
  • Orchestrated complex migrations of legacy Drupal and Atlassian applications to AWS (ECS/EKS) for global enterprise clients.
  • Architected enterprise-grade AWS environments following Well-Architected Framework principles, focusing on high availability and security.
  • Developed an enterprise DevOps Maturity Guide used by clients to benchmark engineering practices and map multi-year transformation journeys.
  • Led global technical enablement through bi-weekly seminars, whitepapers, and public webinars on DevSecOps and SDLC optimization.

DevOps Engineer & Coach

RBC
Jun 2011 - May 2019
  • Spearheaded enterprise-wide adoption of Ansible, establishing best practices for configuration management across thousands of Linux nodes.
  • Modernized software configuration for 1,300+ Linux machines using Puppet and custom scripting before leading the strategic migration to Ansible.
  • Provided Tier-3 support and architectural guidance for the enterprise DevOps toolchain, including GitHub Enterprise and UrbanCode Deploy.

Sr. Java Developer & CI Administrator

LoyaltyOne (Travel Rewards Group)
May 2007 - Jun 2011
  • Engineered a transition from commercial monitoring suites to open-source alternatives, resulting in an estimated $1M/year reduction in licensing costs.
  • Orchestrated the TravelOne build system, automating artifact creation and deployment, reducing deployment times from 2 hours to 30 minutes.
  • Acted as SME for performance testing and remediation, utilizing profiling tools to optimize high-traffic travel reward platforms.

Volunteer Work

Projectionist & IT Specialist

Aron Theatre Co-op

Infrastructure and network upgrades for local community theatre.

Technical Volunteer & Wildlife Rescue Driver

Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

Publications

How to Build a Cloud-First DevOps Approach

Published by Adaptavist
2022-04-07

The Changing Landscape of DevSecOps (Parts 1 & 2)

Published by Adaptavist
2022-08-01

The Concepts Behind Successful DevOps

Published by Adaptavist
2022-06-01