Brian Hale

About Brian Hale

Professional leader and mentor in the information technologies space. Driven by a passion for innovation and shared accountability, Brian specializes in the development of a DevOps first culture. Possesses over 10 years of management and hands-on experience with various technologies and teams. Able to develop processes, tools, and metrics to drive efficiency and accountability within his organization. Proven success in building strong teams and leaders from the ground up as well as improving existing organizations. Committed to exceptional quality and accountability for his team and the entire company.

Experience

1. Director, Devops Engineering

   Extend

   Aug 2021 — Present

   Lead and provide strategy for Extend\'s DevOps & SRE teams• Transform Extend\'s applications and services to a multi-region enabled architecture backed by serverless technologies to enable globalization and reliability• Drive a culture of Continuous Deployment across the organization of Extend, reducing interruptions to the platform and the time to deliver product enhancements• Develop a strategy of continual improvement for the Engineering organization at Extend and drive cross-team projects that improve the overall reliability, performance, and deployability of the platform

Education

• Calhoun Community College

  Associate of Science (A.S.), Information Technology

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Customer Service
• Research
• Saas
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Training
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Negotiation
• Cisco Networking
• Project Management
• Management
• Salesforce.com
• Process Improvement
• Apex Programming
• Salesforce.com Development
• Web Applications
• Internet Information Services (Iis)
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Windows Server
• Oracle Database
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Process Improvement