Rick Collette

Remote (Prefer San Francisco Bay Area)

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[ Email: megalith at root.sh - LinkedIn - Github - Personal Web]


Summary

With over 25 years in the tech industry, I am a technical leader specializing in designing and delivering innovative, scalable solutions for complex business problems. I excel in aligning business needs with technical deliverables. There is only so much you can cram into a thing like this. If it isn’t here, and it is required, just ask.


Experience

Building Security Platforms
Jan 2024 - Present
- Designed, built, and deployed the Appremon Security Platform. - Hired a team to develop the code. - Hired a CEO to complement my technical expertise.

Enterprise Architect, Myota
Nov 2022 - Jan 2024
- Led the design and implementation of scalable cloud solutions. - Utilized AWS, Linux, and systems engineering for complex business problems.

VP Cloud Operations and Engineering, [Undisclosed]
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
- Directed cloud operations and engineering teams. - Focused on business continuity and operational efficiency in cloud environments.

Cloud Architect, Palo Alto Networks
Mar 2018 - Feb 2022
- Developed and maintained cloud infrastructure. - Implemented best practices for cloud security and scalability. - Led cross-functional teams to optimize cloud deployments.

Vice President of Operations (Technical)
Oct 2014 - Mar 2018
- Director of DevOps (Mar 2016 - Jun 2017) - Managed DevOps, QA, Docs, Security, and IT Teams. - Handled compute resource billing (AWS, Azure). - Built and led highly effective teams, splitting DevOps into separate DevOps and Security units. - Overhauled QA and support teams, significantly enhancing performance. - Engineering Team Lead DevOps (Mar 2015 - Mar 2016) - Led the DevOps team, managing daily operations and queues. - Sr. DevOps Engineer (Oct 2014 - Mar 2015) - Developed methods for deploying infrastructure as code, focusing on AWS.

Senior Systems Engineer [CONTRACT], [24]7.ai
Jun 2014 - Oct 2014
- Managed day-to-day maintenance, account management, and scripting. - Technologies: General Linux systems administration.

Principal Systems Engineer, Magnet Systems, Inc.
Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
- Supported backend mobile infrastructure. - Technologies: NodeJS, Java, MongoDB, Ansible, AWS, OpenStack.


Skills (Subset of my most recent skills)

Seriously.. after so many years.. this would be a heck of a list - REST APIs - Go - Cybersecurity - Network Architecture - Git - Terraform - Ansible - DevOps - Engineering Management - Cloud Security - Team Leadership - Strategic Planning - Project Management - Budget Management - Cross-functional Collaboration - Process Improvement - Stakeholder Management


Honors & Awards

5th Degree Black Belt Kajukenbo - Ordonez Kajukenbo Ohana
Oct 2012
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