Chris R.

Chris R. has extensive experience in the field of Engineering and DevOps. Chris is currently working at SmartRent as a Manager, Engineering (DevOps), where they oversee the engineering team and ensures efficient development operations. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Platform Engineer at SmartRent, where they contributed to the development and improvement of the platform.

Before joining SmartRent, Chris worked at Kuali, Inc. as a Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, they designed and implemented production Kubernetes environments, focused on autoscaling and cost control. Chris also managed CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and GitHub Actions, automating the entire process and enhancing the developer experience. Additionally, they developed a fully automated Disaster Recovery process.

Chris previously worked at Rancher Labs as an Engineer, Hosted Rancher and Support. Chris was responsible for designing and managing Rancher's SaaS cloud offering and ensuring maximum uptime and system monitoring.

Prior to Rancher Labs, Chris served as a Sr. DevOps Engineer at DLVR. Their responsibilities included managing multiple data centers, automating manual processes, and implementing containerized applications. Chris was also involved in daily code deploys and infrastructure maintenance using SaltStack.

Chris began their career as a System Administrator at Retailer Web Services and later worked as a Systems Administrator at Recruiting Ventures. In these roles, they provided technical support, managed systems, and maintained inventory.

Chris's experience also includes working at Cerner Corporation/Yavapai Regional Medical Center as an Information Systems Specialist/System Administrator. In this role, they provided support for cardiology software, implemented MDM solutions, maintained asset tracking systems, and managed password management software.

Furthermore, they served as a PC Technician II at Yavapai Regional Medical Center, where they coordinated device fairs and maintained EMR systems. Prior to that, they worked as a PC Technician at Prescott Unified School District, where they maintained computers, network infrastructure, and server environments.

Throughout their career, Chris has demonstrated strong technical skills, a focus on automation and efficiency, and a dedication to providing reliable and secure systems.

Chris R. obtained an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree from Yavapai College between 2006 and 2008. Later, from 2008 to 2011, they attended Arizona State University and completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. The field of study for both degrees is not specified.