AP
Aviation → Platform
Former flight ops lead now orchestrating containers instead of aircraft
Former flight ops lead now orchestrating containers instead of aircraft
Verified Domain Engineer (Beta)
Engineering Depth 2/5
Pivot Story
“Air traffic flow management is orchestration at its most literal. When I discovered Kubernetes, the mental model clicked immediately.”
Aviation
Logistics
The Past
Jan 2008 - Jun 2016 (8 years 5 months)
Flight Ops Lead
Led departure flow management at a 200-departure-per-day hub. Reduced ground-delay minutes 15% through improved sequencing coordination with tower and TRACON.
The Now
Jan 2017 - Present (9 years 3 months)
Platform Engineer
Orchestrating ML training pipelines and microservice deployments on Kubernetes. Terraform and Helm for IaC. Built an internal platform serving six product teams.
About
Managed departure sequencing at a major hub airport. Kubernetes orchestration honestly feels familiar when your baseline is coordinating 200 daily departures.
Domain Signals
Domain Focus
Aviation
Tech Focus
Platform
Engineering Depth
Level 2/5
Self-rated hands-on software depth.