About
Site Reliability & Platform Engineering leader with over a decade of experience directing high-scale global infrastructures on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Proven track record of leading and mentoring cross-functional SRE teams through rapid growth and organizational change, delivering over $2.5M in annual cloud and observability cost savings through strategic resource optimization.
Adept at guiding engineering teams to architect and scale complex Kubernetes environments (EKS/GKS) while transitioning SRE functions into self-service Platform Engineering practices. Passionate about driving organizational maturity in DevSecOps and leveraging emerging AI technologies to empower engineers and eliminate operational toil.
Key Achievements
AWS Cost Optimization
Reduced AWS costs by $1.8 million and observability costs by $540,000 through strategic optimization and resource consolidation.
Kubernetes Leadership
Migrated 400+ Kubernetes nodes to AWS EKS, coordinated consolidation of multiple clusters into unified deployment.
Team Development
Managed and mentored teams of 6-12 Site Reliability Engineers, rebuilding team dynamics through organizational change while maintaining project delivery.
Platform Engineering
Modernized DevOps tooling for 38+ developers across 8 teams, transitioning from Jenkins/Artifactory to GitHub Actions, AWS ECR, and ArgoCD.
AI-Driven Efficiency
Pioneered use of Claude AI to build on-call hand-off application and leveraged Gemini to accelerate daily tasks, reducing operational toil.
Global Scale
Maintained platform stability for 22 million children across 27,000 schools in 3 continents, supervising 1,600+ Kubernetes nodes.
Core Competencies
Leadership & Management
Team management, strategic planning, mentorship, cross-functional cooperation, conflict resolution, decision-making, cultural awareness.
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWS (EKS, RDS, Aurora), Kubernetes, DevOps, Terraform, Infrastructure-as-Code, Datadog, Observability, Cost Optimization.
DevSecOps & Compliance
Security culture, SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO compliance, incident management, vulnerability assessment, identity management.
Process Optimization
Agile methodologies, continuous improvement, process optimization, project management, stakeholder management, risk management.
Education & Certifications
MBA Information Assurance
University of New Mexico, 2010
BBA Management of Information Systems
University of New Mexico, 2008
ITIL v4 Foundations Certification