Damon Chesser

25 years experience in IT from MySQL Server admin to onpremises cloud design, deployment, and operations. Leadership roles with supervisory and oversight responsibility for the last 8 years. 8 years of leadership roles in the US Navy included leading groups of 30 in time-sensitive, high pressure situations. Successful history of mentoring. Agile owner of OpenStack. Worked with PCI/HIPPA data requirements for a decade in fintech. Optimized OpenStack for my primary user. Designed storage backend to meet stringent requirements and performed cost analyses to get stakeholder buy-in. Worked with virtualization in one form or another for almost 20 years. Organized Operations Lead with more than 16 years of experience guiding crucial systems and workforce effectiveness measures. Detailed approach to planning and maintaining operations, recommending change and overseeing day-to-day employee coordination and communication. Resourceful knowledge of intricate government and company mandates to maintain work environment safety and efficiency. Choreographs all aspects of operations planning, launch assessment and management for optimal cost balance and CRM. Thorough Operations Lead with 8 years of experience driving business success. Poised professional with outstanding communication, organizational and leadership skills. Motivational and seasoned to lead team of talented employees.