Casey Koons

CaseyScottKoons@yahoo.com(404.287.0624)

 

Senior engineering manager and hands-on software engineer with over twenty-five years experience in software development, project management, and product engineering and corporate management.  Worked in senior leadership positions and in technical capacities, directly with corporate management, boards of directors, vendors, and customers.  Designed and deployed commercial software products, enterprise management and business support systems, commercial communications networks, terrestrial, mobile and satellite telecommunication systems, data center and network management systems, and secure enterprise and distributed computing environments. Created and successfully implemented engineering and DevOps best practices for continuous software integration, delivery and deployment, automated service and system monitoring, provisioning, site reliability and performance engineering. Designed and implemented elastically scalable products and services utilizing Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms, engineering best practices and automation to achieve high reliability operations across heterogeneous physical/virtual/cloud infrastructure. Prefer 100% Remote Positions Focused on DevOps and Cloud Engineering.

Technical Skills

LANGUAGES	C, C++, C#. Ruby, Java, Java Script, Groovy, Python, Objective C, bash,csh, ksh, zsh, sh, Visual Basic, HTML, UML, XML, WML, SOAP, PASCAL, Perl, FORTH, ADA, SQL, FORTRAN, MODULA-2, COBOL, PL/1, Smalltalk, APL, LISP, Intel and other assemblers
SOFTWARE/TOOLS	Xcode, Eclipse, InteliJ, JBuilder, JUnit, Visual Studio, Django, Ruby on Rails, Chef, Puppet, ServiceMesh, Nagios,MS Office, MS Project, Visio, OmniGraffle, iWork, Git, SVN, trac, SCCS
DATABASES	Oracle, MySQL Server, SQL Server 2012/2008, PostgreSQL, Informix, MongoDB, Solr, Redis, Big Table, Hadoop, HBase,CouchDB,Neo4j
OPERATING SYSTEMS	Windows 2012/2008/2003/2000,7/XP/NT, MS-DOS, UNIX/Linux, Redhat, Centos, SLES, Ubuntu, Debian, SUN OS, Apple iOS, Android, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, VMS, Cisco IOS
HYPERVISORS & CLOUDS	VMware ESX 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, Xen Citrix  5.x, Microsoft Hyper-V, Redhat KVM Amazon AWS/EC2/S3, Rackspace, Openstack,  EngineYard, 3Tera/AppLogic, RightScale

 

 

 

Career Experience

Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineering Consultant  April 2011 – Present

   Mobile & Cloud Engineering / DevOps / Networking / Storage / Telecommunications / Security / Management Consulting

Areas of Functional Expertise: Cloud Architecture & Engineering of Private /Hybrid/Public clouds, DevOps, Software engineering, product development, cloud engineering best practices, performance and scalability engineering, security, systems engineering and distributed system management.

Industry Experience: Telecommunications, network services, cloud service engineering, network and communications equipment, network and data security, data center automation, virtualization, data center migration and disaster recovery.

 

AT&T - Emerging Technology Architect / OpenStack Architecture, Engineering and DevOps

Design and engineering of OpenStack cloud for API platforms and NFV virtualized network infrastructure.  Focus on OpenStack Orchestration & Policy, API gateway integration, cloud deployment strategy and DevOps.

 

Bank of America - Orchestration & Pattern Engineer for Project Greenfield. Building a secure private Cloud utilizing KVM and VMWare hypervisors, cloud management systems including Openstack and ServiceMesh, secure Windows and Linux workloads and current SDN technologies. Responsible for Orchestration and Pattern engineering including best practices for DevOps, coordination and management of complex workflows across multiple technology stacks and business processes.

Sharecare - DevOps and system engineering lead for .NET systems. Responsible for continuous integration, configuration management and system engineering and on-boarding of .NET based websites acquired by Sharecare,

Cox Digital Exchange - Design and implement cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices for startup business unit to support continuous integration, delivery and deployment, automated monitoring of application and service performance and site reliability, end-user service quality measurement, and 24x7x365 operations. Deploy, manage and monitor Ruby on Rails environments in public clouds.

AutoTrader - Develop and implement cloud based environments and engineering best practices for application performance and scalability testing, and disaster recovery. Responsible for entire application, datacenter and cloud migration of VinSolutions into Amazon and then into physical data center owned by AutoTrader.

 

AT&T – Develop and implement operational model for AT&T to manage E911 and Location Based Services, wireless network provisioning and data quality management.

 

Racemi, Atlanta, Georgia

  Workload Mobility Physical/Virtual/Cloud Migration, Data Center Migration, Disaster Recovery

Vice President Engineering February 2008 – April 2011

Directed Racemi product development, software engineering, quality assurance, customer service and support, service delivery, professional services, training, documentation, customer on-boarding, and offshore engineering teams. Led corporate and product quality improvement programs and established best practices including: true agile/scrum engineering methodology, test automation, requirements management with traceable accountability for results, end-to-end product and service quality reviews and achievable performance metrics.

 

Successfully transitioned Racemi business model from direct sales of data center enterprise management system to OEM partner/channel sales focused on image provisioning for data centers and cloud services. Managed over 85% Racemi staff and budget and built an effective and efficient organization.

 

Designed, productized and delivered the Racemi cloud migration product in four months.  Designed and delivered the Racemi customer site survey program, tools and best practices in three months.  Focused Racemi resources and products on image provisioning, re-architected the principal Racemi DynaCenter products, utilized industry standard best practices for product engineering, service delivery and customer service, and achieved the first sales and paid customer installations of Racemi products since 2002.

 

Hands-on engineering and management experience with SaaS and IaaS, cloud services, virtualization environments, hypervisors Windows, Linux, Unix, IP networking, automated testing, automated product delivery, installation, support, and customer service.  Engineering management experience in virtual and physical data center environments and operational requirements for storage, security, application/systems, networking, virtualization, and enterprise management system integration.

 

 

Reflex Security, Atlanta, Georgia

  Network & Hypervisor Security and Intrusion Prevention Engineering

Principal Engineer & Architect January 2007 – February 2008

Designed and developed secure high-performance Ethernet switch and intrusion prevention system supporting 10Gbit throughput.  Defined product requirements, software and hardware platform architecture.  Used : C, Linux, Intel and RISC blade computing technologies.

 

 

Internap, Atlanta, Georgia

  Tier-1 Internet Service Provider, Network Performance & Data Center Services

Director Software Engineering & Product Development March 2002-December 2006

Directed all software engineering, IT development and product development for Internap the leading route control vendor and high-reliability Internet service provider.  Managed Atlanta, Boston and San Jose engineering staff, facilities, operations and departmental budget.  In charge of product development and engineering of Internap products, engineering operations, engineering development, corporate wide project management, and integration of acquired technology and human resources. Created new products and enhanced services that consistently produced multimillion dollar revenue growth.

 

Led design, development and global deployment of ADN (Application Delivery Network).  Author of Internap ADN business plan, engineering design, and the service and systems architecture.  The Internap ADN product delivers a high-performance solution for the TCP bandwidth-delay problem, and supports integration of other network acceleration and distributed ISP technologies. 

 

Created Internap on-line sales and service management systems.   Led development and implementation of on-line sales, service delivery and management systems.   Developed on-line performance management and sales engineering tools for network services and edge route contol products.  Designed and implemented customer service management systems.

 

Manage all Internap engineering and IT software development teams.  Chosen by senior Internap management to directly manage acquisition and integration of NetVMG and Sockeye technology and personnel.  Built effective engineering teams focused on edge and network based products, platform and network software engineering, VoIP, and multi-homed network route control. Directed relocation of Internap business systems, technical operations, service management, and personnel from Seattle to Atlanta.  Manage hiring of and training new IT and engineering personnel and integration of software development teams. 

 

Intelispan, Atlanta, Georgia

    Enterprise Virtual Private Networks & Network Security Engineering

Vice President Engineering & Principal Engineer  February 2000 – March 2002

Directed software development, system engineering and advanced product development for secure VPN services provider. Managed engineering staff, departmental resources and budget.  Responsible for design and production of all Intelispan products.  Principal architect of VPN services, network and service management systems, distributed production network facilities, and Windows graphical user interfaces.  Managed full life cycle of multiple commercial products and services. Established standards for engineering development, functional and integration testing, QA, release management, documentation, product support and customer service.  Evaluated new standards, products and technologies. Worked directly with senior management and customers.  Responsible for doubling revenue and expanding key opportunities.

 

Developed multiple commercial products and services  written in C++ and Java, implemented on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP, SUN Solaris, Solaris for Intel, Linux, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere and IIS.  Authored systems include : patented dial access management system, PKI Enabled RADIUS authentication, automated user registration and product distribution and installation system, digital certificate management system, web based service administration and provisioning system, VPN access security monitoring system, secure Windows, UNIX and Web client applications, secure wireless VPN, and corporate management systems.  Implemented client/server n-tier architecture to integrate secure enterprise computing environment. Created software development framework that streamlined development, simplified maintenance, and generated reusable components to integrate enterprise architecture comprising Microsoft, UNIX, distributed SQL databases and proprietary systems.

Java projects utilized Java Beans, EJB, JSP, Servlets, JMS, XML, XSL/XSLT, XSP, Swing, DAO, JDBC, RMI, JNDI, and J2EE.  Built high-reliability portals and application servers deployed on Microsoft and UNIX (NT, 2000, SUN, Solaris, Linux, BEA, IPlanet, Apache, IIS, IBM, ATG) platforms. Created Microsoft components using XML, Active X, ATL, MTS, COM/DCOM and ASP compatible with .NET.  Developed multithread applications for Windows and UNIX platforms.  Implemented integrated data model supporting services across Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Informix, CORBA and LDAP.

 

Authored security policies, managed security engineering staff, and security technology including Firewall Systems, Anti-Virus Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, Authentication Systems, Encryption Technology, and Security Management Systems.

 

Developed HIPPA and ISO17799 compliant corporate security policies and practices for international clients, consulted with clients on secure communications and corporate security, oversaw security training of technical and non-technical personnel. Performed risk assessments and defined threat response, designed and implemented security management systems. Conducted internal security reviews, coordinated external security reviews and implementation of security standards and practices. Managed business and technical relationships with vendors, partners and customers.  Represented Intelispan at network security and PKI industry forums.

 

Cooperative Networks, Atlanta, Georgia

  Enterprise Management Systems, Telecommunication, Network & Systems Security Engineering

President & Chief Technical Officer September 1985 – February 2000

Designed and implemented distributed network management systems for international telecommunication provider. Developed systems for performance measurement and service level agreement assurance, event monitoring with fault correlation and permanent archive, equipment and facility configuration, accounting, network security and surveillance, and secure access control.  Systems were implemented in C++ and Java on Linux, SUN Solaris, Solaris for Intel, SUN OS, Microsoft 95, 98, NT, 2000.

 

Authored and marketed high performance commercial Internet firewall deployed by major Internet carriers and service providers featuring IPv4/IPv6 translation, network and port address and protocol translation, IPSec/GRE/L2TP/PPTP tunnel support, and multiple customer VPNs authenticated and managed using RADIUS and LDAP, with SNMP management interface.  Firewalls were implemented in C++ on both SUN Solaris and Solaris for Intel, and user interface implemented in Java.  Designed, implemented and supervised deployment of large scale IPv6 network and distributed LDAP service for federal agency.  Designed and implemented commercial IPSec and IP networking products in C++ for SUN Solaris, Solaris for Intel, SUN OS, Linux, Windows 98, NT, 2000, and Cisco IOS.

 

Developed a SMS gateway for multiple wireless service providers.  Designed and implemented Java SMS/WAP/email gateway and WML transcription system, programmed multiple wireless handheld applications, along with Windows and UNIX client interfaces. Developed call management and service monitoring software for GSM, NA-TDMA, AMPS and CDMA wireless networks; implemented systems in C++ and Java on SUN Solaris, Web Logic, IBM Web Sphere, and Windows NT and 2000.

 

Designed and deployed secure wireless Virtual Private Networks incorporating PDA, handheld and mobile computing devices that support Windows CE, Palm OS operating systems, 802.11 and BlueTooth, wireless communication protocols and technology.

 

Developed SNMP client and server network management and graphical configuration software in C++ and Java for Windows 95, 98, NT, SUN Solaris, Solaris for Intel, System V, SUN OS. Implemented OSPF, RIP and EGP routing protocols, management system for high-performance IP router. Implemented LDAP protocol and management systems for Windows and UNIX.

 

Specified AT&T - NCR/Cooperation UNIX V.4 software architecture, security implementation, and software development plan. Designed Cooperation/Microsoft Windows GUI.

 

Designed architecture and implemented interfaces to secure existing communication networks, microcomputer, minicomputer, mainframe systems and applications to provide secure enterprise computing environment for Fortune 500 company. Created multiple network control software with interfaces to X.25, DECNET, NET WARE, LAN Manager, Ethernet (802.3), Token Ring (802.5), MAP (802.4), PPP, SNA and frame relay networks.

 

Designed and implemented factory floor broadband networks connecting microcomputers, minicomputers, manufacturing robots and barcode devices.  This included design and development of enterprise resources planning software for distributed databases and transaction processing throughout the four state, fourteen-

factory network.

 

Authored secure Ethernet/IPX/T1/T3 performance monitoring and control system for federal government agencies. Designed and deployed broadband network service integrating video, high-speed data, voice, CATV and satellite communication.

 

Developed and deployed power management and environmental monitoring systems for Delta Airlines. Developed user configurable graphical interface for UNIX systems (System V, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX with RogueWave) used by U.S. Air Force.

Designed guidance and flight stabilization system for remote control helicopter used by U.S. Army.  Designed on-board navigation, missile guidance and telemetry systems for Lockheed.  Designed GPS navigation system used by U.S. Army.

 

Programmed device drivers for, Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and UNIX  System V, Solaris, Linux, SUNOS, AIX, HP-UX, SCO UNIX operating systems.   Designed and implemented products and services for satellite, broadband, DSL, Cable Modem, FDDI, ATM, Frame Relay, telephony, wireless, RS-232, Sync/Async communication  Created interoperable telecommunications infrastructure software deployed on Windows, UNIX, and Web hosts that provides service provisioning, network management, customer usage monitoring, user account management and billing.

 

Designed, implemented and supervised deployment of distributed TCP/IP Ethernet networks and inter-network gateways.  Authored high performance commercial Ethernet LAN bridge implementing spanning tree algorithm and Ethernet firewall. 

 

Principal system architect, developer and deployment manager of multiple distributed Earth Station control systems, satellite communication and terrestrial broadband network control systems for 1988 Seoul Olympics, which provided all international video, data, telephony, T1, T3, and high-speed digital network services for NBC and Japanese networks.  Designed and marketed satellite Earth Station control systems for broadcasters, Fortune 500 companies and governments  Developed Earth Station communication system software to filter, edit, transmit, email and store user requested satellite messages for international news agency. Authored data communication protocol for mobile telephone/radio network.

 

Programmed distributed applications for IBM microcomputers and compatibles to support simultaneous communication with multiple asynchronous, synchronous, HDLC, SDLC, X.25, frame relay, IPX, SNA, 3270, 3274, 3780, LU 6.2 devices.

 

Developed and deployed distributed e-mail management system that monitored and controlled multiple e-mail servers supporting Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, MIME, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, Sendmail for international hotel and manufacturing company.

 

Authored distributed Object Oriented Database system with Windows, X Window and SunView user interfaces for FAA.  Performed object oriented analysis and design with Rational Rose utilizing Booch, Rumbaugh, and Jacobson methodologies.  Designed and implemented Command/Control firmware for Lockheed. Authored C compiler, linking loader and debugger for 680x products.

 

 

Southern Bell, Bell South Services, Bell Laboratories, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Staff Manager September 1978 – September 1985

Authored AT&T 3B2 Intelligent Serial Controller multi-protocol firmware and device drivers. Ported TCP/IP communications software from 4.1BSD UNIX to System V and developed UNIX kernel software for Bell Labs. Lead microcomputer communications and systems software development group. Developed Common Interface Processor, an intelligent multitasking workstation and intelligent controller, allowing multiple host sessions interfacing asynchronous, synchronous, SNA, and X.25 networks.

 

Designed and supervised deployment of X.75 inter-network nodes, X.25 and TCP/IP network protocol converter. Authored the IBM-PC communications program used in BellSouth companies; a multi-protocol multiple network virtual terminal that allows task automation.  Developed encryption and data security systems deployed throughout BellSouth. Designed and implemented enterprise management, customer service and billing systems for business, residential and wireless.

 

Implemented VT100, 3278, 3270 DFT, 3780, 40/2, ANSI 3.64 terminal emulators and 3274 controller emulator. Programmed TELNET, SDLC, SNA, BYSYNC, communication drivers and terminal protocols.

 

Taught UNIX internals and systems programming to Southern Bell and AT&T/Bell Labs personnel. 

Education

Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana