Category: Career

2023
Career

TechHub Hackathon 2023

We pulled together a team on Friday night, built an app on Saturday, and presented on Sunday. Not a win, but what a great experience!

Career

FloridaJS: Amazon Connect and Lex

I will be presenting at FloridaJS on Amazon Connect and Lex. Sign up here DetailsThis is an IN-PERSON event AI from the big three providers can make it a snap to quickly create what you need before tr

Career

AWS Certified SysOps Associate

I am now an AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate! 5 years of AWS experience adds up. I only studied about 5 hours for the test using these Udemy practice exams.

Career

My ChatGPT Reading List

There has been a lot of HYPE at the office around AI and ChatGPT. Organizational leaders and clients are looking for the AI angle.

Career

AWS Certified - Database Specialty

I got my AWS Database Specialty Certification! I already have 5 years of experience, my Solution Architect Pro, and Data Analytics certificates so this one wasn’t very difficult.

Career

Speaking at Boca Code Bootcamp

I met Todd Albert, the founder of Boca Code at an AWS networking event hosted by CloudHesive. He got a kick out of the fact that I was a plumber before I got into IT, so he invited me to speak to the 9th cohort of the Boca Code Developer Bootcamp

2022
Career

AWS Certified - Data Analytics Specialty

I got my AWS Data Analytics Specialty! I already had a lot of experience with Kinesis, Athena, and RedShift but there is A LOT of material in this exam. I highly recommend practice exams by Stephane M

2021
Career

AWS Serverless Workshop at FloridaJS

I had the honor of presenting an AWS Workshop at my local JavaScript User Group - FloridaJS. It was a short session on building serverless web applications on AWS.

2019