Hi there, my name is Ted.
Hi there, my name is Ted.
I turn coffee and breakfast tacos into well thought out, elegant, efficient, scalable applications and infrastructure.
I'm a DevOps Engineer with a Software Development background and engineering leadership experience. I’m passionate about implementing technically-challenging, value-added projects while optimizing up-time, performance, and cost efficiency for existing applications.
You can take a look at projects I've worked on and my resume above, or click through below to learn a little more about me and my background.
Dexter, Missouri
I was born in southeastern Missouri, and raised there from the time that I was six years old. It's great to grow up in a small town, and Dexter still has a total population of about 7,000. When I visited my friend on the 'wrong side of the tracks' (yes, there was literally a railroad track through Dexter, and there was a 'wrong' side!) my Mom got a call before I got home.
US Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
I spent four years "by the Bay". I learned a lot - both about myself, during Plebe year, and what I was capable of surviving and thriving in, and also literally - I graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree, even though my major was in Political Science. How many Poli-Sci majors do you know with two years of Calculus, and a year each of Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry?
Surface Warfare Officer
I was in the US Navy for six years as a Surface Warfare Officer; part of that time as an engineering Officer, part of that as Training Officer, and did two deployments to the Mediterranean and off Somalia doing Counter-Piracy.
Family Life
I got out of the Navy to marry my wonderful wife. We settled in San Antonio because, well, if you want to become a Texan, marry a Texan!
My kids are awesome. Hectic, occasionally, but always awesome.
Codeup
I joined Codeup in November of 2020, while everyone (and everything) was still remote from Covid, and graduated in May of '21.
DevOps
Like most DevOps engineers (I think?) I've developed an eclectic set of skills - everything from basic automation and quality-of-life improvements through architecting cloud solutions, including implementing a zero-downtime, blue/green deployment architecture on one of SWBC's most busy serverless applications.
SWBC
I'll always be grateful to SWBC for letting me start my career as a DevOps Engineer. I've been there two years, and I've learned so much (and only brought down production once!).