About me
For the past 12 years, I've had the privilege of working along side an incredible team to bridge the gap between hardware and software, in order to create better delivery of healthcare to our communities.
I currently help architect, deliver and support proof of concepts and pilots related to technology strategy; while assessing risks and mitigation strategies for mission critical workloads. I maintain close vendor relations to research and develop hardware configurations for accurate and efficient procurement of assets optimized for specific healthcare applications.
Skills
x86 SERVER HARDWARE
Establish and maintain Tier 1 hardware vendor relations to standardize optimized configurations of Intel/AMD enterprise-class server hardware.
DATACENTER INFRASTRUCTURE
Ensure interoperability of server, network and storage components in 40k+ physical server hardware datacenter.
VMWARE ESXi
Standardize, deploy and maintain VMware hosts from ESXi4 to 8.0 utilizing vendor toolsets such as vLCM, vROPS and HPE OneView.
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Develop automation pipelines to deploy, test and improve security posture with server firmware and Windows OS standardization and implementation.
Work Experience
SENIOR TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT
Oracle / March 2023 - Present
Create SOPs and automation pipelines for the lifecycle management of 40k+ x86 Server Hardware fleet including deployment, security patching and reclamation. Evaluate Capex/Opex opportunities in alterative hardware architectures. Create/utilize BI reporting to optimize distribution of server hardware based on datacenter power and cooling constraints.
TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT
Cerner Corporation / January 2020 - March 2023
Establish and maintain Tier 1 hardware vendor relations to standardize and optimize enterprise-class server hardware for healthcare specific workloads. Ensure interoperability of server, network and storage architectures. Evaluate and provide feedback on future hardware platforms using vendor pre-release hardware.
LEAD SYSTEM ENGINEER
Cerner Corporation / October 2019 - January 2020
Develop and maintain 3rd-party (non-SCCM) automation to patch offline Windows Server 2012-2019 images used to deploy all frontend workloads. Adapt custom automation workflows to BMC Blade-Logical Server Automation for consistent server delivery.
Passions
HOME LAB
I'm always tinkering with different automation/entertainment platforms within a small home lab. I maintain the network/technology infrastructure for friends and family through multiple software-defined networking (SDN) platforms.
LIVE MUSIC PRODUCTION
There's not much I won't listen to, but I primarily gravitate toward Pop/Electronic Dance Music. I love understanding the lighting and sound technologies used to deliver the best possible performances.
TRAVEL
You can typically catch my friends and I all over the country attending different music festivals. I've had the privilege of meeting countless great individuals from our different journeys.
SMART HOME
Avid user and contributor to the open-source home automation platform: Home Assistant. Since joining the project in 2018, I love finding new ways to solve problems and seeing how technology can bring quality-of-life improvements.
Education
B.S. MANAGEMENT/COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Park University / 2015 - 2018
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS (A.A.), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Metropolitan Community College / 2012 - 2014