About me

Hi there 👋,

My Pen name is Ian Bog’Ste.

You’ll have to know that I am a seasoned Software Development / Engineering Manager, having a strong Customer focus, with over 10 years of experience building Cloud Web and Enterprise-scale Applications in cross-industry (Financial Services, Retail, Automotive, Manufacturing and Public Sector) landscapes.

Recently, I have passionately engaged in:

• i.) developing the Cloud Managed Services Market Offering for my Employer,
• ii.) building High-Performance Teams for Cloud Operations Engineering, and
• iii.) oversaw and supported AWS (EKS), Azure (AKS) (Managed Kubernetes) and Microservices deployments part of a state-of-the-art Internet Banking Accelerator.

Previously, I was engaged (multi-yearly) in enabling Nearshore Delivery for the same Employer, focusing on e-Commerce implementations using SAP Commerce Cloud. If you’re curious about my full Work Experience, have a peek at my Professional Experience section below.

Passionate about Programming, Science, Technology (in general) and everything Internet-related.

Hobbies or other Interests:

Photography, Reading (mostly Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Non-Fiction), Video Games (PC, XSX) and Poker Strategy.

Professional Experience

Interested in my Professional background?

Here is a copy of my Resume. If you fancy LinkedIn, under Social Networking section below is a link to my profiles.

Social Networking

Next are a few links on how one can get ahold of me:

LinkedIn | GitHub | Keybase | Mastodon | Pixelfed (Gram Social)

Privacy

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