I am Travis Rowland, I dream for life and live my dreams!
Travis Rowland's Bio:
Travis Rowland's Experience:
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Lead DevOps Engineer at Ericsson North America
November 2015 - Present | Plano, TX• Deployment automation using Jenkins, RunDeck, Ansible, Artifactory and RedHat OpenShift • Continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline integration into OpenALM, HPALM and CA Technologies Rally • Developing automation for software deployment and operations (Shell, Perl, Python, Ruby) • Configuration and deployment of monitoring and notification tools: Sensu, Cabot/PagerDuty • Automating the installation and configuration of application servers: Weblogic, Jboss, Tomcat • Automating the installation and configuration of databases: MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, MondoDB • Developing and maintaining SCM workflows using GIT source control. • Employing agile software development methodologies and evangelizing those within the organization.
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Co-Founder at BipolarBands.com
July 2015 - Present | Portland, ORThe Bipolar Band bipolarbands.com I created a wristband to help people that have bipolar, autism, PTSD, anxiety or for those who just need their space at times, to easily indicate to others that they just want to be left alone for the moment. The wristbands are made out of 100% silicone, they will come in individual packaging and be produced through a company in the United States. Pledge Your Support for my Cause Please help me to spread my cause for bipolar and mental health awareness by pledging your support to my Kickstarter campaign. In exchange for supporting my campaign you will receive a Bipolar Band in the mail; we have different levels of support, each with their own rewards. Some rewards come with a T-Shirt. HOW IT WORKS You wear the wristband at all times, when you are approachable and ready for others to talk to you, you flip it to the green side; when you need your space, you flip it to the red side. It is that simple. Red means stop, green means go; anyone can understand that, if they don't it is easy to explain.
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DevOps Engineer IV at Cigna
August 2015 - October 2015 | Portland, OR• Configure and manage the SDLC lifecycle builds in Jenkins, in a Java (Scala), NodJS, MongoDB based open source environment. • Configure and manage deployments and system configurations in Ansible, migrate legacy and Salt deployments to Ansible. • Manage GIT source-controlled code-bases contained in Gitlab. • Setup application pooling using Consul, HAProxy and NGINX. • Adhere to strict agile software development methodologies utilizing the Atlassian stack: JIRA +Agile, Confluence, Stash. • Setup monitoring to notify the correct stakeholders when services software are slowing or down, utilizing Sensu, Graphite and Grafana. • Create environment, agile sprint status and defect dashboards for the development, QA and project management team members. • Optimize infrastructure based on new projects and future workloads. • Determining what is missing infrastructure-wise, why it’s needed and how to get to utopia.
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DevOps Engineer III at HealthSparq
October 2014 - August 2015 | Portland, OR• Design, configure, implement, maintain and monitor AWS (Amazon Web Services) IT infrastructure (Database/RDS Instances, EC2 Elastic Computing Instances, Storage, DNS) and tools (Tomcat, SOLR, Nagios, Archiva, Ansible, Jenkins, ANT, Maven, JIRA, Confluence, Gluster, OpenVPN) using a variety of languages and platforms (Python, PHP, Bash, YAML, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS) based on established business needs of the organization to support the company’s SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) products. • Work with product engineering on new or updated features, deployment and debugging tasks. • Coordinate incident response; develop organization-wide automation and optimize existing processes. • Setup, configure, maintain and automate software deployments from development though production using industry standard CI (Continuous Integration) practices. • Participate in an on-call rotation for mission-critical systems; troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve issues. • Keep technically abreast of trends and advancements within my area of specialization, incorporating these improvements where applicable. • Providing technical direction and guidance to less senior staff. • Employ agile and pivotal development and management strategies (SCRUM, ETIL).
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Technical Marketing Engineer Technician (Team Lead) at Kelly OCG Contracting to Intel Corporation
May 2013 - September 2014o Worked primarily as a technical writer and copywriter developing and presenting technical product training materials and process documents. o Worked directly with both OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and ODMs (Original Device Manufacturers) including, but not limited to Cisco, Dell, HP, ASUS, Gigabyte, and Kensington. o Explored new Intel-based technology, performed extensive product research, developed corresponding process documentation for line technicians to configure and ship the technology to both internal and external clients. o Acted as a technical process management expert, consultant and analyst; triaged issues with the production line to ensure timely product delivery. o Created WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) and LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) web-based tools for internal automation; developed using: JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Internal tools interfaced with the LDAP (Microsoft Windows Domain) server for authentication purposes. Applied software/web engineering/development methodologies such as MVC (Model-View-Controller) and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself). Automation tools interfaced with internal network storage devices including both NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network) devices. o Developed/maintained automated tools for software and Operating System deployment which were written using combinations of PowerShell, Batch, Linux BASH and Python. o Acted as application support specialist, responsible for validation, testing and debugging of web-based (SQL/PHP/ASP/JavaScript/HTML/CSS) applications and RESTful API's. Documented issues thoroughly and reported them back to the software team for quick resolution. o Configured embedded systems and devices for IoT (Internet of Things) using Wind River Linux and shipped configured devices to internal clients for testing and development. o Developed customer facing experience in a sales context for on-site demos at world-wide expositions that represented the Intel brand.
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Server Systems and Broadcast Network Administrator at Restore The Republic
September 2012 - September 2014I managed all of the network and back-end server systems infrastructure for Restore The Republic (rtr.org) and The Next News Network (nextnewsnetwork.com). o Performed full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack development of the global customer-facing website including, but not limited to OpenStack Cloud, Ubuntu, Nginx, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. o Interfaced internal hardware and software tools with the cloud-based external broadcast website for timely news delivery using RESTful API's and Wowza Streaming Server. o Performed all server hardware and software configuration and deployment which consisted of the network and back-end server systems infrastructure for Restore The Republic (rtr.org) and The Next News Network (nextnewsnetwork.com), including but not limited to a complete online broadcast stream infrastructure from production to broadcast. o Ensured databases were running on dedicated DBAAS (Database as a Service) on the OpenStack Cloud at Rackspace. o Implemented CloudFlare (Web site proxy) for the websites to prevent malicious attacks and to speed up the sites using their built-in CDN (Content Delivery Network). o Monitored the cluster to ensure maximum uptime and deliverability of critical news.
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IT Consultant Specialist (Sole Proprietor) at The Computer Guys
April 2011 - October 2012o Developed front facing customer website for marketing purposes using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP). o Designed, setup and maintained wired and wireless networks, network attached storage, backup and redundancy solutions and security and surveillance systems for clients. o Worked with a range of different storage technologies (SSD/HDD/NAS/SAN). o Performed digital image manipulation (Adobe Photoshop, Paint, GIMP) for marketing purposes. o Used time management skills, scheduled appointments with clients and assured timely arrival. o Maintained accurate financial records and paid all invoices on time, using QuickBooks Online. o Invoiced customers and performed collection duties when required. o Prepared reports and created documents using Microsoft Word and Excel. o Worked inside customer's homes in a non-intrusive, friendly and respectful manner. o Provided customers/clients with desired information in a timely manner. Utilized internet email as an effective communication tool. o Answered phones courteously and professionally, took detailed and accurate messages. o Established rapport with diverse individuals and groups utilizing strong team dynamics. o Worked across a variety of different hardware and software platforms on-call and gathered required information to support the immediate need of the client.
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Chief Engineer at Orderbolt
September 2011 - July 2012Orderbolt is a developer of mobile ordering platforms and other related SAAS.
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Microsoft Enterprise Solutions Support Specialist at iFocus Consulting
January 2010 - April 2010o Responsible for JavaScript testing and validation for web-based management content systems. o Worked a spring internship at a Microsoft/Dell shop as a Microsoft Products Application Specialist (SharePoint/Exchange/Dynamics CRM) where I managed Microsoft enterprise solutions for clients of the firm. o Setup SharePoint, Exchange and Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the firm's internal workflow. o Microsoft Windows Domain environment, managed group policy updates and domain accounts. o Remotely logged in to client on premise servers to perform general maintenance tasks. o Debugged in-house CMS software written and deployed on an ASP.NET/MSSQL stack.
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CEO at Dynamictivity LLC
June 2003o My responsibilities included application support, software and web engineering and development methodologies, time management, industry standards compliance, server hardware and software configuration and deployment, business and project management, process development and management, business marketing and networking, technical writing and documentation, backup and redundancy solutions (RAID/Script Automation), digital image manipulation (Adobe Photoshop, Paint, GIMP), data-center management, brainstorming, mock-ups, software engineering, marketing, user experience design (UX, UI Development), customer interactions. o Developed the Scatter.Us product: This product utilized a full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack. This product also utilized mobile device applications on Android, Apple iPhone and iPad (+iOS) and Windows Phone. Customers could scan a QR code with their phone, scanning their phone would check them into brick-and-mortar locations so they could earn points which could be redeemed for products and services. o Developed the SocialBuyN'Sell Product: This product utilized a full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack. This product was being developed to allow the community a safe outlet to both buy and sell their items that they no longer need or use; similar to that of Craigslist but with full Facebook integration to allow near 100% transparency in transactions. This application relied heavily upon AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), CSS 3, HTML 5 and JavaScript for loading content parts of the web application. o Applied and used the following software and solutions to a wide range of internal projects: Adobe (Acrobat/Photoshop), Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, PowerShell, batch, C++, Python, PHP, HTML, CSS, AJAX, SAAS, RDBMS, DODB, IIS, Apache, Nginx, OpenMesh, OpenStack Cloud.
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Sole Proprietor at Travis Rowland
June 2000I continually diversify myself.
Travis Rowland's Education:
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Clatsop Community College
2000 – 2008General Education -
Warrenton High School
2000 – 2003DiplomaConcentration: Diploma
Travis Rowland's Interests & Activities:
software, games, computers, technology, business, financial, development