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
Co-organizer of the Open Source Community Group. Former Board member of Bellingham Makerspace, where I designed and continue to maintain the network infrastructure.
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
- Microsoft (1997–1999) — demo applications
- NetYeti Inc. (2015–2025) — K-12 and collegiate curricula, mentorship
- Dealer Information Systems (2016–2022) — DevOps Lead
- TAGNW (2019–2023) — Community Organizer
- Bellingham Makerspace (2021–2023) — Board of Directors; network infrastructure design
- 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
- Personal: yeticraft.net
