Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

• Top tier tech instructor on the Udemy platform with 4 courses teaching Docker, Kubernetes, Node.js for Docker, and Swarm. Reaching more than 350,000 students in 195 countries across all courses.
• https://www.bretfisher.com/courses
• Sharing knowledge and building a tech community through weekly YouTube Live shows and Podcasts.
• https://bret.live
• https://podcast.bretfisher.com

Dec 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 4 mos

• Container trainer on Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes for conferences, workshops, corporate training.
• Systems Engineer for more than 25 years, Developer, and Systems/Cloud Architect. On premise and cloud solutions with a focus on the Ops in DevOps, Automation, and Sysadmin. Work with many companies big and small on modernizing their infrastructure and ops practices.

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

• Founding Docker Captain from 2016 on.
• I talk about containers non-stop and advocate for Docker tooling.
• https://www.docker.com/captains/bret-fisher/

Feb 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Member of our ops/sysadmin engineering team, helping clients build out and improve their public and private clouds. Tasking includes building/moving to container services, and improving infrastructure automation and monitoring.

Sep 2011 – Aug 2015 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Virginia Beach, VA

• Founder of this bootstrapping Internet startup for businesses to easily monitor their Windows Servers. Built using Node.js, C#, Meteor, MongoDB, Azure, Ubuntu, and ChatOps.

Oct 2008 – Aug 2016 · 7 yrs 10 mos

• Systems Engineer for Microsoft Windows Server and server applications such as Exchange, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Lync, OCS, SharePoint, SQL, IIS, System Center DPM, and Forefront TMG. Migrating and supporting customers on Microsoft Online Services.

Jul 2004 – Nov 2009 · 5 yrs 4 mos

• Provided lead engineering and team guidance on many core systems such as Exchange, Active Directory, DFS, Backups, SAN Storage, SharePoint, OCS and Lync. Designed or co-designed city-wide infrastructure changes such as client OS deployment, ISA Firewall reverse proxy, SharePoint intranet and internet farm, OCS Communicator multi-party voice/video collaboration, and more. Lead a push for staff to successfully certify on the latest technologies to keep the City at the forefront of government IT solutions. The team I oversaw was always paving the way for other local governments in their solutions including: backups, file replication, email features, monitoring, documentation systems, and collaboration platforms.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

• Capital Area Wireless Network non-profit company. Was one of the chief engineers. Company goal was to educate the general public about wireless computing (wifi) and setup free public 802.11 Internet access points. Spawned out of NOVA Wireless mailing list/user group.

May 2002 – Jan 2006 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Provided Windows, Linux, and BSD admin and engineering services to Virginia clients. Hosted/developed classic asp, php, and mysql applications. Provided phwip.net, a wireless ISP in Loudoun County.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

• Lead a team of security-focused systems engineers in implementing border security for NMCI at Navy bases around the U.S.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr

• Consultant for a IT consulting firm in Northern Virginia. Provided system and network admin support for local businesses.

Sep 1999 – Mar 2000 · 6 mos

• Windows Server admin and Cisco network admin.

Sep 1993 – Jul 1999 · 5 yrs 10 mos

• USS Emory S. Land AS-39 Systems Admin for Windows, DOS, HP Unix, and AS400. Deployed first Exchange Server for nearly 1,000 users. Provided general network/pc support for 400 computers.