May 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Remote

• Content creator and curator, eBooks, self-paced courses for DevOps, DevSecOps, Continuous Quality, Intelligent Continuous Security, AI, Self-Help, Engineering Leadership

Jun 2016 – Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · USA

• Principal Consultant - DevOps for Trace3's Total DevOps practice. Lead DevOps Inception workshops to transform enterprise capabilities. Partner lead for DevOps practice. Author assessments, blogs, white papers, webinars, event materials and DevOps courses.

Feb 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · Global

• Freelance Blog content on the Nine Pillars of DevOps: Leadership, Culture, Design, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Continuous Monitoring, Continuous Security (DevSecOps), Elastric Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery.

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos · Global · Remote

• DevOps advisory services, DevOps courses, Blogs, DevOps mentoring, DevOps assessments, Strategic Planning, Roadmaps, eBooks, White Papers, Surveys, webinars, DevOps course author.

Jun 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs · California

• Senior solutions architect for Automation Platform Technologies, DevOps, Lab-as-a-Service, Mobile Infrastructures Automation and Infrastructure Test Optimization. Work with customers worldwide to expand the definition and delivery of Spirent solutions, and position high-value services and solutions that allow customers to maximize their return on investment. Responsibilities include support of Business Development, Strategic Customer Engagements and Best Practices, Methodologies, and Mentoring.

Jan 2004 – Jun 2014 · 10 yrs 5 mos · California

• Lead engineering management of advanced test automation system architecture, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Test (CT), DevOps, virtual and hardware private data center. Managed admin of internal cloud-based SCM systems, OOD automation products and benchmarking products for flagship product Spirent Test Center. Won Gold award for test automation business innovation. Release manager for major company releases. SCM and CI and quality tools systems. Lead customer oriented training project, quality KPIs project and other initiatives that advanced quality and service.

Mar 2002 – Jun 2004 · 2 yrs 3 mos · California

• Founded company. Invented, designed and developed industry first Lab-as-a-Service automation system, using virtual access software and mechatronic systems. Deployed first products to major network manufacturer clients. Published white papers, and won industry awards for applications of robotic cable switching in labs, lab inventory systems, and remote access methods. Invented behavior based test language BBDL. Wrote and filed patent for remote lab operations system.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs · California

• Startup. Directed multidiscipline engineering team which created, developed and deployed award winning innovative Voice-over-IP and integrated data gateway products. Founded highly skilled Southern California engineering site. Patent development, publications, Industry paper published. Created automated test lab to support rapid testing of many product variants dynamically. Technologies included VOIP, C, C++, FPGA, circuit design, and TCP/IP based networks.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs · California

• Automated optical vision systems. Grew revenues 90% and returned business to profit. Lead architect and development breakthrough non-contact automated optical metrology product. Process champion of simulation that delivered new product just-in time to key industry trade show IMS. Developed acquisition and coordinated successful divestiture.
• Project Technologies: Vision metrology, C, VB, FPGA, circuit design, robotics, motion control, optics
• Leadership: 7 managers, product dev. (SW&HW), marketing, sales, service, manufacturing 145 people, multi-national operation, global customer base.

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · California

• VP over design and development of network access products for Internet, banks and network management. Established multi-site development and business processes. Successful ISO9001 audits. Introduced automated lab system test infrastructure. Stabilized system of 2Mloc software & 14 hardware modules, 7 standalone and OEM integrated products to 33 customers in 15 countries in twelve months.
• Project Technologies: RAS, C, C++, FPGA, circuit design, IP packet network technologies
• Leadership: 2 sites, 8 product engr. managers,., (6 SW, 1 HW, one PV), 85 engineers

Jan 1992 – Nov 1996 · 4 yrs 10 mos · California

• Network diagnostic products for LAN, WAN, Wireless and Signaling networks.
• Directed six R&D centers. Improved operating costs 50%. Improved productivity 400%, quality 10X. Championed, developed, introduced award winning multi-protocol diagnostic product, which achieved 30% of total division revenue during the first year. Several industry awards. Publications.

Jan 1989 – Jan 1992 · 3 yrs · Canada

• Headed global network test systems division, serving world-wide telephone and data network divisions. Championed state-of-the-art, life-cycle, globally inter-networked systems and automated test methods for data and telephony communication networks. Created and directed expert team, 125 engineers. 13 worldwide R&D centers. $90M business operation savings. Three president awards. International Standards. Co-founded industry forums. National awards. Numerous publications. Co-founded computer language TTCN and protocol conformance methods for data protocols and ISDN.