Alex Pakter M.S.

Experience

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  Software AG (was webMethods)

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  Staff Engineer

  Software developer in Java. Developed Front end and back-end solutions for data integration systems. Implemented customer solutions on customer sites.

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  WebMethods

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  Staff Engineer
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  New Solutions Financial Group, LLC

  Feb 2002 - Feb 2009

  Manager
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  West Contra Costa Unified School District

  Jan 2009 - Jun 2016

  8th Grade Physical ScienceScience Department Lead Teacher

  • Department Head, Physical Sciences Teacher

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2016

  • Math & Science Teacher

    Jan 2009 - Jun 2012
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  San Lorenzo Unified School District

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

  Science Teacher

  Developed and implemented curriculum for 8th grade physical science based on NGSS. Heavy use of hands-on learning, student engagement, and educational technology.

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  GE Digital

  Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  Instructional Design Specialist

  • Developed a dozen cloud-native applications using microservice Architecture & RESTful APIs• Designed, deployed maintain training lab on AWS using Terraform and other tools. Includes Cloud Foundry, Avi Load Balancer, Wazuh, and Kibana applications. • Wrote and update over 50 programming samples in Node.js, Python, and Java• Create and maintain over 20 public Repos on Github for training department.• Developed Linux Shell Scripts to automate student lab setup• Designed and wrote numerous multi-day courses on technical subjects including:o Data Science in Python (2 weeks)o Application Development for Edge Computing using Docker (5-day course)o IoT solutions Implementation with Predix Essentials (5 day course)o Predix Cloud Foundry PaaS Platform Administration (5 day course)o Application Development Best Practices in Python (5 day course)o Big Data Insights using Spark and AirFlow (2-day course)• Interviewed over 25 Subject Matter Experts to elicit requirements and validate course design.• Worked extensively with the Predix IIoT cloud application runtime, an open-source cloud-computing platform with microservice architecture.• Deep technical foundation: Able to learn and be productive on complex technology in a matter of weeks. E.g. developed trainings on Edge Computing using Docker after only a few weeks of study. Show less

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  Splunk

  Mar 2020 - Jul 2024

  Sr. Technical Course Developer

  I am proud to be one of the early course developers on the Splunk Observability Suite platform -- a unified UI for monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting cloud deployments. I am versed in cloud-native tools including Docker, Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry. I created net new end-user courses on Splunk's new products, focused directly on Observability and monitoring; and especially in the cloud-based microservices environment.