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      A seasoned software development professional with over 10 years of experience in technical leadership and designing large-scale distributed systems. My expertise includes implementing virtualization, cloud supply channel distribution, and decentralized digital ledger projects for companies such as OpenVZ, Parallels Business Automation, Ingram Micro CloudBlue Connect, and Chainstack. My focus on infrastructure and automation has led to a proven track record of delivering exceptional results.

      I specialize in transforming business requirements into software solutions from scratch, and I am equally comfortable working with legacy systems. My expertise lies heavily in distributed systems, with a focus on cloud-native and SRE/DevOps methodologies. I prioritize toil elimination, and my technology stack includes Python (Flask/Django/Postgres), Go, Kubeflow, and MongoDB. I have a particular affinity for Kubernetes, GCP/Azure, HashiCorp Terraform, and advanced Prometheus/Grafana usage

Professional experience

PeriodPosition
Dec 2019Assistant Director, Cloud Engineering, Prudential, Group Technology, Singapore
Sep 2018 – Dec 2019Software Engineering Manager, Chainstack (Acronis' spinoff), SingaporeA technological startup, multi-cloud, multi-protocol Platform as a Service. Rapidly building, deploying, and managing decentralized networks and services for enterprises and independent developers.
Dec 2015 – Sep 2018Software Engineering Manager,, Ingram Micro Cloud. Irvine, CADelivering global technology and supply chain services to support cloud aggregation, data center management, logistics, technology distribution, mobility devices.
May 2011 – Deс 2015DevOps Manager & Sr. Software Developer, Parallels, Moscow, RussiaParallels Desktop for Mac, is a software providing hardware virtualization for Macintosh computers with Intel processors.

Education

2006-2011 Master’s degree (CS), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications University of Telecommunications and Informatics, Russia.

Professional Qualifications

GCP Professional Cloud Architect | GCP Associate Cloud Engineer | Kubernetes Networking and Security using Calico | HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate | Kubernetes Networking and Security using Calico

Patents

Public Speaking

I speak publicly at technical conferences. It helps me sniff the wind about new technologies and find new connections.

TopicConferenceLocation
2022How Chaos Mesh facilitates and simplifies AIOps platform adoption (cloud native meetup) 🔥Bay Area Cloud Native Infra MeetupSan Mateo, CA
2020Cloud-native pipelines with Tekton (workshop)FOSSASIA SummitSingapore
Pouekhavshie - Singapore (rus)Podcast linkmeup.ruSingapore
2019Could Containers Be Secured?DevOps ConfMoscow
Entangled In Dependencies: Pipenv & PoetryPython User Group SGSingapore
“Family budget” In Minutes With ChainstackLaw Blockchain FestivalSingapore
Istio - Service mesh era and our first experience with Istio [2]SG K8s User GroupSingapore
Quorum In Minutes With ChainstackDA⚡️DC ClubSingapore
The Value of K8s For PythonistaPodcast RITMoscow
Helm Security (Kubernetes package manager)RITMoscow
Helm Or Not To Helm?SG K8s User GroupSingapore
Bye, Bye Virtualenv And What’s New In Python 3.8PyCon RussiaMoscow
2018Fundamentals of Kubernetes NetworkRITMoscow
Heading Into PipenvMoscow Python MeetupMoscow
Browser Voxel 3D Game in PythonMoscow Python MeetupMoscow
2017Promises And Service Worker For PythonistMoscow Python MeetupMoscow
Amazing AppEnginePyCon RussiaMoscow
Types & PythonMoscow Python JuniorMoscow
Voxel 3D Game with VRHighload ConferenceMoscow
Heading into Microservices and IstioHighload ConferenceMoscow
2016Understanding PaaSMoscow Python ConferenceMoscow
Deploying To AppEngineMoscow Python MeetupMoscow

Hobby and Spare Time

      I’m an engineer deep down and read popular science, a core contributor to helm-gcs project. I’ve been getting my public speaking skills constantly. Avid road bike rider, and finally, a huge fan of laptop stickers - devlids.com.

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