resume.

skills

professional

• programming: ansi c, python, bash, sql
• platforms: linux, LXR (containers/Docker), virtualization
• databases: postgresql, sqlite, dbsql
• kubernetes, helm, operators, etc.
• distributed systems: paxos, dynamo, dataflow

acquiring

• rust
• nix
• llm/ai/ml
• aurae (so, typescript)

skilled, less commonly used

• java
• scala
• erlang
• elixir
• DuckDB, ksqlDB, MaterializeDB
• Kafka, Dagster, OpenFaaS, lakeFS
• Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• AWS

experience

symas corp, 2023-present

2023-present

software engineer, openldap

klar

2022-2023

senior software engineer/devops, database, kafka, redshift, kafka, dagster, lakefs

blockfi

2020-2022

senior software engineer/devops, observability

humio (now Falcon LogScale, CrowdStrike)

2018-2022

senior software engineering, data storage engine, query optimization

onshape

2017-2018

senior software engineer, data storage, mongodb, cassandra, sql

akamai (labs)

2015-2016

senior software engineer, non-relational database storage at scale, webrtc infrastructure, dane/dnssec award

aws

2014-2015

senior software engineer, storage gateway team, iscisi gateway to S3

basho technologies

2011-2014

senior software engineer, storage and distributed systems for riak, a dynamo clone in erlang

oracle

2006-2011

senior software engineer, oracle berkeley db (c, java, xml/xquery, and sql)

sleepycat software

2002-2006

software engineer, berkeley db data storage library /usr/lib/db

sun microsystems

NeXT Computer

education

new mexico state university

bachelor of science, computer science not completed, no degree, hired away to work at NeXT Computer