About Me

Senior SRE, Linode, LLC Akamai Technologies, Inc. (October 2017 - Present)

• Responsible for the creation of public-facing distro images and kernels
• Automate system configurations using tools such as Salt and Terraform
• Maintain the system software that powers Linode's global fleet of hypervisors
• Maintain internal documentation and code platforms
• Provide training for new employees

Engineer - System Administration and Automation, QVC, Inc. (June 2013 - September 2017)

• Build and maintain Linux and Unix systems, both physical and virtual
• Manage over 1000 systems using tools such as Puppet
• Automate the server build and application deployment processes
• Provide 24x7 on-call support for mission-critical ecommerce systems
• Work in a global environment, with teams in many countries

IT Admin, Metropolitan Personnel, Inc. (June 2006 - March 2016)

• Maintained company networking and server infrastructure
• Deployed workstations and managed users and group-policy through Active Directory
• Provided office technical support and assistance

Unix/Linux Administration Intern, QVC, Inc. (May 2012 - August 2012)

• Wrote an application to automate the process of comparing server metrics (such as CPU, RAM utilization) to business metrics (such as pageviews/hour) in order to create correlation models that can be used to forecast server load
• Helped maintain and replace server equipment in the data centers

Web Development Intern, Dataforma, Inc. (May 2011 - August 2011)

• Developed an interactive online drawing tool for roof modeling using HTML5 and JS
• Worked in a small team doing task-focused, agile development

Founder, BITS (July 2008 - August 2010)

• Founded BITS to provide on-site computer service to local clients
• Diagnosed and troubleshooted computer issues, and installed/repaired equipment
• BITS = Brad's IT Services

I went to college at York College of Pennsylvania.

• Degree: BS, Computer Science
• Years Attended: 2009-2013
• Cumulative GPA: 3.20
• Departmental Recognition Award
• Dean's List (Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
• Activities: ACM (President), Anime Club (President), CES, WVYC

I went to high school at Devon Preparatory School.

• Years Attended: 2005-2009
• National Honor Society
• Spanish National Honor Society
• Activities: Computer Club (President), Digital Electronics Club (President), Jazz Band, Stage Crew, Ballroom Dance Club

I have experience in the following areas:

Programming and Scripting

• C
• Java
• Python
• Bash
• Javascript
• HTML5 and CSS3
• MPI and pthreads
• Perl
• CUDA
• OpenGL
• Assembly (various architectures)
• Verilog
• Visual Basic and VB.NET

Operating Systems

• All Linux distros (yes, even that one)
• Arch Linux (listed separately because it's the best)
• AIX
• Windows Server

Software

• Apache
• Tomcat
• MySQL/MariaDB
• Puppet
• Salt
• Active Directory
• Subversion
• Git
• MS Office/LibreOffice (does this even count as a skill anymore?)
• SolidWorks
• Blender
• Eclipse
• Photoshop

Hardware

• PC hardware (I enjoy building custom machines)
• Cisco UCS
• Networking equipment
• FPGAs and microcontrollers

Other Stuff

• Circuit design/breadboarding
• Basic machining skills

Aside from school, work, and wishing I had magical powers, there are many things I enjoy, including...

• Anything computer- or electronics-related
• Video games (particularly platformer, RPG, racing, and rhythm games)
• Also, video game design
• Artificial intelligence
• Anime
• Japanese culture
• Motorcycles
• Skiing
• Model trains
• Roller coasters
• Theoretical physics
• Astronomy
• Voice acting (though I've never done anything professionally)
• Photography
• DJing
• Instruments (I play saxophone, piano, and drums)
• Learning new languages (I currently speak Spanish, Japanese, and a little German)
• Making long, unordered lists of things