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I am a DevOps professional and autodidact with a passion for solving issues and sharing my knowledge. Over the years, I have worked for several different organizations, including Microsoft, DARPA, and IBM. I have been instrumental in multiple startups achieving lift-off. I served several years in the US Army as a psychiatric nurse and battle systems strategist. While I still perform selective contract work-for-hire, I am now primarily a full-time instructor at Bellingham Technical College and an activist in the local tech-ed community.

Role at Cascade STEAM

Vice President & Treasurer, Board of Directors

Lead organizer of Cascade Breach — our monthly collaborative CTF program. Brings security governance expertise from the Cloud Security Alliance to Cascade STEAM's program and infrastructure design.

Co-organizer of the Open Source Community Group. Former Board member of Bellingham Makerspace, where I designed and continue to maintain the network infrastructure for community members.

Career

43 years of active work in technology:

• US Army (1983–1990) — Computer Operations Specialist; missile systems networking and security; psychiatric nurse and EMT, Würzburg, Germany
• BioCEDE (1989–2011) — 21 years building software for networks, fundraising, and VR development
• Microsoft (1997–1999) — demo applications for CATM Sales Team, Windows CE, and others
• NetYeti Inc. (2015–2025) — K-20 curricula, mentorship, and community building
• Dealer Information Systems (2016–2022) — DevOps Lead
• TAGNW (2019–2023) — Community Organizer
• Bellingham Makerspace (2021–2023) — Board of Directors; Executive Officer, network infrastructure design and community building
• Arch Systems (2022–2024) — Sr. Manager, Cloud Team
• Bellingham Technical College (2019–present) — Instructor, Linux, networking, security, programming

Skills

linux devops security python aws docker community_organizer

Connect

• LinkedIn
• Email
• Personal: yeticraft.net