Hi, I'm Chris

Led the core services and infrastructure team, managing both Software Engineering & DevOps.

Coordinated third party audits, keeping accurate documentation of system architectures and inventory.

Managed IT contractors and maintained security and accessibility of internal networking hardware and servers.

Interfaced with executive leadership to translate business goals into developer objectives and contextualize the long-term DevOps road map.

Automated feature deployments for AWS stacks to unblock QA and UX during migration to Kubernetes.

Translated legacy architecture from AWS ECS into Kubernetes.

Adapted containerized architecture to work on an air gapped alternative to DUST Identity’s cloud offering.

Increased testing and deployment speeds with differential deployments, caching, and test parallelization.

Migrated all access control from password and key auth to SSO across databases, Kubernetes, and AWS.

Built tooling to securely discover and connect to databases in development and production automatically.

Executed production deployments, smoke testing, communication, and troubleshooting.

Performed customer demos and directly interfaced with both technical managers and users.

Automated smoke testing of web applications with Selenium and Pytest.

Diagnosed resource utilization issues in Postgres databases to improve ORM efficiency.

Managed CI/CD pipeline across AWS and Azure clouds.

Authored infrastructure-as-code in Ansible for deploying and managing AWS resources.

Implemented a data-driven product engine using Django, Postgres, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and AWS SQS Migrated legacy databases to AWS S3 for query with AWS Athena to lower costs and preserve auditability.

Enhanced local Docker images to run servers, database migrations, linting and unit tests Implemented a standard caching structure for daily pricing runs to avoid unnecessary API calls.

Built an internal shipping web app to track orders using Python, Flask, and SQL Server.

Designed and prototyped a hydraulic and pneumatic press production line for the production of body armor.

Designed and built fatigue test machines.

Developed software to automate and integrate barcode generation and scanning into RFID printer workflows.

Employed spectrometers and wrote Python-based computer vision tools to perform quality control on ballistic windows.

Helped design production lines to take R&D products from prototype to mass production.

Worked on location in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with Golden West Humanitarian Foundation.

Implemented PID control for nodding LIDAR systems on EOD robots.

Prototyped sun tracking solar panel array using OpenCV Python on Raspberry Pi, controlled panels via Arduino and linear actuator receiving inputs from Matlab/Simulink inverse kinematic models.

Taught microcontroller fundamentals and construction of sensors from basic electrical components to enable Cambodian grad students to operate efficiently and overcome supply chain constraints.

Supported the structural and thermal efforts for the Solar Probe and Europa programs.

Prototyped thermal vacuum compatible infrared and visible light camera using Raspberry Pi.

Optimized the Parker Solar Probe’s solar array MATLAB thermal model, decreasing runtime by a factor of 200.

Designed and executed tests to qualify, record, and present thermostat performance, saving $5,000 by allowing the reuse of equipment that lacked documentation.