
Timeline
About me
Virtualization and Infrastructure as Code
Education

Colorado technical university
2007 -B.s. information technologyin progress

Pikes peak state college
2002 - 2005A.a.s networking technology
Experience

Harrison school district
Jun 2000 - Nov 2004Technology support
Atmel corporation
Nov 2004 - Nov 2016Previously providing support for Atmel's Cloud Infrastructure. (ATML was acquired by MCHP)
Senior Network Systems Administrator - Cloud Infrastructure
Jul 2015 - Nov 2016Senior Desktop Support Technician
Apr 2011 - Jul 2015Desktop Support Technician
Nov 2004 - Apr 2011

Microchip technology inc.
Mar 2017 - Apr 2022Providing architectural guidance and supporting other virtualization administrators in our hybrid cloud operations with a focus on VMware products. Orchestrating and executing global virtualization projects.Promoting and evangelizing Infrastructure as Code and script-assisted routines for configuration management and Desired State Configuration in the environment. Building standard images via modern OS life cycle pipelines for life cycle consistency and increased security and sharing that to our counterparts globally.Supporting day-to-day IT operations, planning and execution of projects, and providing staff support for local data center, networking, and infrastructure teams at Microchip offices in Colorado. Facilitating IT group communication and partnership with the various business units we support to ensure each team has what they need to succeed. Show less Supporting day-to-day IT operations, planning and execution of projects, and providing staff support for local data center, networking, and infrastructure teams at Microchip offices in Colorado. Facilitating IT group communication and partnership with the various business units we support to ensure each team has what they need to succeed. Providing global governance and continuing support for our hybrid cloud operations with a focus on VMware products. Orchestrating and executing global virtualization projects.Driving automation initiatives for the business while learning and introducing other topics to the team ranging from Infrastructure as Code and script-assisted routines for configuration management to Desired State Configuration and template build pipelines for life cycle consistency. Show less
Sr. Systems Engineer II - Global Virtualization / Site IT Manager
Sept 2021 - Apr 2022Site IT Manager for Colorado Springs / Sr. Systems Engineer in Global Virtualization
Nov 2016 - Sept 2021IT On-Site (Helpdesk) Manager
Mar 2017 - Mar 2020

Nordstrom
Apr 2022 - nowSr. engineer - virtualization and iac<>
Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft certified desktop support technician
MicrosoftJan 2005
Microsoft certified professional
MicrosoftJan 2005
Vmware certified professional 2022 - cloud management and automation (vcp-cma 2022)
VmwareJan 2022
Vmware certified professional 2020 - cloud management and automation (vcp-cma 2020)
VmwareDec 2020
Microsoft certified: azure fundamentals
MicrosoftAug 2021
Vmware certified professional 2019 - cloud management and automation (vcp-cma 2019)
VmwareAug 2019
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