Chris Schwendeman

Chris Schwendeman has extensive work experience in various roles. Chris started their career in 2005 as a Telephone Maintenance personnel in the United States Air Force. In 2009, they joined the US Air Force Reserve as a Client Systems Technician, where they provided email and printer support, performed Windows integration and SDC upgrades, and administered active directory. From 2010 to 2015, Chris worked as a Dairy Clerk at Publix Super Markets. In 2015, they joined Sogeti as a Consultant, where they built .NET and ASP.NET applications using C# and Visual Studio. In 2019, they worked as a Cloud Architect at BBVA Compass until 2020. From 2020 to 2021, Chris served as a DevOps Engineer at nClouds. Currently, they are working as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Bill360 since November 2021.

Chris Schwendeman earned a Master's degree in Cloud Computing Architecture from the University of Maryland Global Campus from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of South Florida between 2012 and 2015. In 2010 to 2012, Chris completed an Associate of Science (AS) degree at St. Petersburg College, and from 2006 to 2008, they earned an Associate's of Applied Science degree in Electronic Systems Technology from the Community College of the Air Force. Chris Schwendeman has also obtained several certifications, including the CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation in June 2021, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2021, Security+ from CompTIA in May 2016, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services in July 2016.