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DevOps / Network / Potato Engineer. I work on open source infrastructure projects, and I care deeply about building resilient systems and sustainable communities.
These days, I spend most of my time with Rocky Linux, helping lead infrastructure and release engineering efforts for the RESF. I’m also active in the Fedora, EPEL, and OpenStack communities, especially around packaging, automation, and making things just work™.
I like distributed systems, reproducible builds, and using chaos to find clarity.
When I’m not shipping Linux bits or untangling PKI nightmares, I might be writing (see: thepotato.tech) or hanging out with my cat, Noella. Don’t @ me.
I am also available for interesting consulting work: https://shrugpw.com
I work at the intersection of open source infrastructure, automation, and community systems.
Open source isn’t just code. It’s labor, community, and a whole lot of invisible glue. I care about making open infrastructure sustainable... not just technically, but socially and emotionally too.
I'm working to balance impact with burnout, and I'm trying to be honest about what I can take on. If you're here because I ghosted a bug or review, thank you for your patience.
Because I’ve historically said "yes" to too many things (and then tried to juggle them all), I’m actively reducing my load to focus on what matters most.
If you're reaching out about a project, SIG, or package I’ve been involved with, please know that I may no longer be active there. I’m happy to point you in the right direction if I can.
- Core infrastructure, release engineering, identity and auth, containers, cloud images, and more.
- Member of the Rocky Board, Infra Team lead, and Peridot contributor.
- SIGs: Cloud, AltArch, FastTrack, Storage.
- Fedora packager and contributor across various SIGs including RISC-V and CommOps.
- Maintain several packages in Fedora and EPEL (grpc, hugo, mkdocs, and others).
- Host various COPR repos for fun and frustration.
- Core reviewer and contributor to OpenStack-Ansible.
- Maintain Rocky Linux images in the ecosystem.
- Advocate for enterprise Linux diversity and usability in cloud-native spaces.
I sometimes give talks, write blog posts, or otherwise yell into the void about open source infrastructure, Linux, community building, and the messy bits of making things work at scale.
You can find some of my past work here:
- Talk slides & materials (I try to update with links to recordings)
- My blog: thepotato.tech
If you're looking for a speaker, panelist, or contributor for an event--and have completely exhauste all your other choices--feel free to reach out. 😉
Your contributions support:
- Coffee ☕
- Beer 🍻
- Infrastructure time and maintenance 🛠
- The occasional emergency cat treat 🐈
In roughly that order.
Thanks for helping me keep the lights on and the build systems humming.