Rashad N.

Rashad N. has extensive experience in the technology industry, holding various roles in different companies over the years. Rashad is currently serving as the VP of Cloud Operations at Katalon, a position they have held since June 2021. Prior to this, Rashad was the VP Technology & Strategy at Forty8Fifty Labs from September 2016 to June 2021.

Before their time at Forty8Fifty Labs, Rashad worked at VeriStor Systems as the Practice Lead - DevOps from August 2014 to September 2016. In this role, they were in charge of establishing a business vertical focused on Orchestration & Automation of processes, DevOps, and IT components across various business units. Rashad collaborated with CIOs, IT Directors, Development, and End Users to identify and address factors hindering efficiency and agility. Rashad also served as a Cloud Solution Architect at VeriStor Systems from August 2012 to August 2014.

Prior to VeriStor Systems, Rashad worked at Macy's as a Cloud Infrastructure Architect from October 2010 to August 2012. In this role, they played a key role in designing, implementing, and forecasting the cloud infrastructure for the company. Rashad oversaw a high-volume environment with automated cloud provisioning and application configuration.

Rashad's earlier experiences include working as a Project Manager at NSIG from March 2003 to May 2011, where they were responsible for overseeing IT infrastructure projects. Rashad also served as a Senior VMware Engineer at AutoTrader.com from July 2009 to October 2010, managing a large virtual infrastructure. Rashad held the position of Senior System Support at VCG from January 2007 to July 2009, where they administered VMware environments and provided third-level support for Oracle and SQL systems.

Additionally, Rashad has held positions at AirTran Airways as a Senior System Administrator in 2008, BCD Travel as an Application Engineer from 2006 to 2007, and Kurt Salmon Associates as a Technical Support member in 2004.

Rashad N. completed their high school education at Cedar Grove from 1994 to 1998, earning a High School/Secondary Diploma. Rashad then pursued further education at Devry from 1998 to 2001, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer and Information Sciences, General. In 2008, they went to CED Solutions for a certification program specializing in Vmware, Linux Administration, and SQL 2005.