I am currently a senior engineer at CohesiveFT where I focus on infrastructure development, cloud computing, distributed applications, scalable web platforms, rabbitmq messaging, ruby on rails, python and virtualization. I lead our engineering efforts around VPN-Cubed, the first commercial solution that enables customer-controlled infrastructure and security in a cloud, across multiple clouds and between physical datacenter(s) and cloud(s). I architect new features, write code, work with customers on custom deployments and provide technical support.
I am also involved with Cohesive’s other product – Elastic Server On Demand. It’s a sourcing platform for virtual machines and cloud images, where anyone can build their custom application stack in a matter of minutes.
I love reading (primarily economics and history), music, home improvement projects, bicycle, travel. One of my dreams is one day to build a home theater.
My favorite sports are tennis, ping-pong, badminton, pool (I am not particularly good in any of these though). I am a fan of Dynamo Kiev (soccer) of Ukraine and Chicago Bears (American football).
In technology, my interests include Linux, open source software, distributed applications, web technologies, RabbitMQ messaging, website operations, cloud computing, scalability and high availability. In my development toolbox you will find python, ruby, django, rails, shell, make, and occasionally sed or perl for text processing. On my TODO list I have erlang and several minor projects.
“Fubaredness Is Contagious” is the name of this blog. We came up with this phrase at Orbitz, where I was in engineering/operations. It’s not a threat but a reminder to take care of problems while they are small, instead of waiting till they grow and become unmanageable.
I am happily married, we have two cute children – a daughter and a son. We now live in Mundelein, Illinois, a nice town slightly-over-an-hour train ride away from downtown Chicago. When I need to be in the office, I usually catch a 7:47 train at Prairie Crossing station. Other days I work from home.
I earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in applied mathematics from Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine.
If you would like to contact me, my address is my first name at this domain.
