Earned Certifications and Degrees: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Developer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Certified Data Manager Java Developer Microsoft Certified Database Developer Microsoft Certified Database Administrator MCSE MBA - Project Management MS - Information Technology Experience: Technology Leadership AWS Cloud Architect Systems Architect SEO Analyst Principal Engineer Data Manager / Reporting Manager Software Architect Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Systems Analyst Development Manager Expertise in: Amazon Web Services, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, ColdFusion, PHP, Python, (some Java & .NET), Memcache, Talend, SSIS, Jasper Reports, SSRS, Windows, Linux, GIT, bzr, svn, EC2, Google App Engine, ETL, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, SES, RDS, IIS, Apache, NGINX, web2py, SEO, Docker, CloudFormation, Data architecture, System architecture, starting work in Go (Golang)

AWS Cloud Architect and Consultant @ Cloud consulting on multiple projects including big-data, security, HA, serverless infrastructure, microservices, cost optimization, performance benchmarks and Docker-based dev pipelines to the cloud. Previous work as a search marketer and web developer. From January 2008 to Present (8 years) Senior AWS Development Operations Engineer @ In charge of building, deploying and managing the AWS cloud infrastructure and automation for the next generation Gaiam TV platform. Deployments include: Node.js Docker containers deployed to Elastic Beanstalk. Cassandra ring, Kafka cluster and Zookeeper/Exhibitor deployed via OpsWorks and EC2 Container Services. API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, DynamoDB Streams, Kinesis Firehose and ElasticSearch events processing service. Some deployments on CloudFront (CORS from S3). All deployments leveraged multi-AZ auto-scaling or auto-healing. Cassandra was configured for multi-region sync. Also provided cost estimations, IAM roles management, security group strategy and integrations/monitoring via DataDog and NewRelic. From August 2015 to November 2015 (4 months) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Warehouse Manager @ Created the driving Business Intelligence vision and strategy. Developer and manager of Digital First's Amazon Web Services cloud-based data warehousing and internal reporting system to simplify data standardization, aggregation and analysis across multiple data sources. Initiated and provided direction on page speed and SEO initiatives for web and mobile digital assets. Introduced the development group to a micro services approach to development on AWS. From April 2014 to August 2015 (1 year 5 months) Partner / AWS Cloud Architect @ Architect, developer and operator of Amazon Web Services cloud-based, utility scale solar power plant monitoring and analytics software deployed to 17 utility power plants in the US and Canada. Systems were largely built in Python and leveraged auto-scaling to augment high availability. From April 2012 to February 2015 (2 years 11 months) SEO Analyst, Software Manager and Technical Data Architect @ SEO strategist and Software Manager for Digital First Media websites under Media News Group and the Journal Register Company. From June 2012 to April 2014 (1 year 11 months) Director of Architecture / Business Intelligence DM / Principal Engineer @ As Principal Engineer, worked with a small team of staff and contractors to launch examiner.com to support 3 newspapers. Helped to shift the business to community generated content site, which launched it into the Quantcast top 50 US sites. As Director of Architecture and member of the Technology Leadership Committee helped to modify the development process in adoption of Agile, assist with scoping and pricing of large contract proposals for sale or lease of the platform, and created the ETL/Data collection process and AWS-based data warehouse used heavily in valuing the company. From November 2005 to May 2012 (6 years 7 months) Developer - Client Management @ Developed online applications for multiple clients. From May 2004 to December 2005 (1 year 8 months) Developer @ Software development of international trade website and applications. From April 2000 to February 2004 (3 years 11 months)

MS, Information Technology @ Colorado Technical UniversityMBA, Project Management @ Colorado Technical UniversityBA, International Affairs @ University of Colorado Boulder From 1988 to 1992 David Rager is skilled in: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Business Intelligence, Python, MongoDB, Scalability, SEO, Web Analytics, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PHP, Web Development, Git, Google App Engine, Linux, Java