Achievements

  • Accelerated software delivery by implementing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, cutting deployment time by over 70% in RHEL/VMware environments.

  • Rolled out a unified Linux lifecycle toolchain—build, deploy, patch, upgrade for enterprise RPM platforms, eliminating manual handoffs and boosting operational efficiency.

  • Launched and maintained BastionLinux <http://linux.last-bastion.net>`_ — a hardened Linux distribution—across six major releases over 20 years, a supportable baseline for commercial consulting.

  • Introduced an ARM-based consumer hardware line (Raspberry Pi family), opening new revenue streams in the IoT/embedded markets.

  • Built and grew a monitoring and automation consultancy (Chef, Grafana, Jenkins) that delivered turnkey observability solutions to clients.

  • Pioneered Australian AWS Marketplace listings for pre-configured images—expanding distribution channels and generating incremental cloud service revenue.

  • Create agile project management with ScrumOps and email-driven Taiga integration, slashing issue turnaround time and increasing team productivity.

  • Designed and deployed multi-cloud OpenStack infrastructures via configuration-as-code, reducing provisioning lead time from days to minutes.

  • Massively improved workflow deploying Airflow pipelines between systems, orchestrating API calls, and with detailed instrumentation and logging.

  • Enabled real-time business analytics by implementing Superset for on-demand reporting and interactive dashboards, enhancing data-driven decision-making.

  • Successfully launched a secure corporate Linux Desktop <http://docs.last-bastion.net/solutions/desktop.html> equipped with comprehensive AI productivity tools, enhancing operational efficiency and empowering data-driven innovation.

  • Guided the Australian Computer Society’s FOSS Special Interest Group for 10 years, fostering a vibrant community and advancing open-source technology adoption and innovation.

  • Leveraged over 20 years of experience in developing Python applications to drive advancements in web development, infrastructure, data science, and AI, significantly enhancing project outcomes and technological capabilities.