A 15-year systems engineering veteran focused on cloud architecture, site reliability, automation and infrastructure design in service provider and enterprise environments. I am knowledgeable in the full deployment stack, from data center, network and hardware configuration to application deployment, monitoring and scaling. I emphasize automation so manual processes can be taken over by code, enabling the people to focus on more important work. Experienced in Agile methods to manage the work stream and prioritize tasks to produce the highest level of value. I am effective in distributed and remote teams with many years as a remote employee.

Mike lives in Colorado with his wife and three children, and enjoys hiking (summer) and skiing (winter.)  Follow Mike on Twitter @misterdorm, or on his blog, http://dorm.org