About Me

As a Developer Educator at PlanetScale, my primary focus is creating content that helps developers and users who are new to PlanetScale quickly and easily get familiarized with the platform. This includes:

• Managing the documentation and ensuring the docs are accurate based on new features being engineered
• Creating technical blog articles to demonstrate why someone would want to use our platform or MySQL over alternative products
• Record and produce video tutorials for our YouTube channel among other social media platforms
• Assist in reviewing contributed articles for technical and grammatical accuracy
• Work on various open source projects that helps developers using the platform

Notable projects are:

• A revamped onboarding section for the docs
• Building the first official PlanetScale GitHub Actions
• Creating a new documentation section demonstrating how PlanetScale can be utilized in CI/CD pipelines

I started at Temeda as a Senior Fullstack Developer and quickly moved into the Lead Backend Developer role. I worked on both the API built in .NET, and the front end application built with a combination of React & AngularJS. I also work on various integrations with vendors and clients as needed, and act as a resource to assist with designing architecture in Azure.

Some notable projects;

• Clusterpoints
• Dynamic Query
• Inspections Feature
• Multi-Account User Switching
• Implementing a container DevOps pipeline

In 2015, I joined LeSaint Logistics as a Systems Engineer with a focus with assisting help desk support, as well as maintaining a datacenter & network of 20 warehouses across the US. I was quickly promoted to Senior Systems Engineer where I was put in charge of managing projects as related to the IT Operations department and ensuring successful execution of these projects in a timely manner. Some of my notable systems projects are;

• Migrating 1500+ users from an on-premise exchange environment to Office 365
• Upgrading our Fiber SAN, including replication to a backup DC at a different warehouse
• Implementing a ShoreTel VOIP system

As with my role at Systech, I also worked on smaller software development projects on the side to assist in automating various parts of the department. These included;

• A Windows Server Update utility
• A redesigned portal for external users
• A system that automates onboarding new employees

In early 2018, our in-house developer left the company and I was offered the position of Software Engineer due to my successful side-projects in the organization. I was given the responsibility of onboarding new integration customers, facilitating a successful integration and extending the functionality of our .NET API as needed, all while retaining my responsibilities as a Senior Systems Engineer while a my replacement could be found.

In 2019, I decided I wanted to focus my career on software development & cloud infrastructure, so I obtained my AWS certifications as a Solutions Architect & Developer, both Associate level certifications.

I joined Systech in 2013 as a Network Engineer, it was a job very similar to my own company where the daily requirements were very dynamic. I was constantly working with new and interesting technologies as required by our customers. My primary focuses were;

• Repairing computers & servers
• Provisioning new machines & networking equipment
• Managing Office 365 tenants
• Pretty much anything that was requested by our clients

Midway through my tenure at Systech, my role was changed to focus specifically on onboarding new clients into our system. I designed a project template that was used on a number of clients to ensure that all of the required hardware & software were correctly procured, configured, and deployed to the client site.

Through all of this, I had a secondary focus of building applications for internal use, and for several clients.

I started working at a big box retailer as a computer repair specialist before leaving to start my own company focusing on computer repair, networking, and general systems configuration. I worked with individuals as well as business to help solve computer-related issues, regardless of the scale. I also built several websites and applications during this time.

In 2013, my now wife and I were getting serious about starting a life together, so I made the decision to move away from being a solopreneur to getting a job for more steady income.