# briananderson.xyz

Personal portfolio and professional site for Brian Anderson - Technical Director & Enterprise Solutions Architect specializing in GenAI, Cloud Native transformation, and DevOps.

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## Site Overview

**Owner:** Brian Anderson
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Email:** brian@briananderson.xyz
**Purpose:** Portfolio showcasing technical expertise, projects, writings, and resume variants

 ## AI-Readable Endpoints

 ### Resume Data
 - **Resume Page:** https://briananderson.xyz/resume/ - Human-readable resume with JSON-LD schema markup
 - **JSON Resume:** https://briananderson.xyz/resume.json - JSONResume 1.0.0 schema for programmatic parsing
 - **Resume Variants:**
   - Leader: https://briananderson.xyz/resume/ - Focus on leadership and architecture
   - Ops: https://briananderson.xyz/ops/resume/ - Focus on DevOps/SRE
   - Builder: https://briananderson.xyz/builder/resume/ - Focus on hands-on technical work

### Content
- **Blog:** https://briananderson.xyz/blog/ - Technical articles and tutorials
- **Projects:** https://briananderson.xyz/projects/ - Portfolio of software development work
- **RSS Feed:** https://briananderson.xyz/rss.xml - Blog posts in RSS format

## About Brian

Proven track record of leading multi-team deliveries for Fortune 500 companies, specializing in migrating monolithic systems to Kubernetes-based microservices and implementing end-to-end automation. Expert in AWS/GCP architecture, CI/CD standardization, and bridging the gap between executive strategy and technical execution.

### Personal Interests
- **Automation & Tooling:** Building tools that automate away repetitive tasks
- **Building & Creating:** Always working on side projects, from electronics to software
- **Mentoring & Teaching:** Sharing knowledge through blog posts, mentoring junior developers
- **Continuous Learning:** Exploring new technologies, staying current with industry trends

### Core Values
- Quality over speed - do it right the first time
- Collaboration over competition - we rise by lifting others
- Practical innovation - solve real problems, not hypothetical ones
- Transparency - honest communication builds trust

### Hobbies
- **Electronics & Hardware:** Tinkering with Arduino, building custom IoT devices, home automation projects
- **Open Source:** Contributing to projects I use, maintaining my own tools, supporting the community
- **Cooking:** Weekend meal prep experiments, trying new recipes, perfecting coffee brewing

## Expertise

### Primary Focus Areas
- Generative AI integration and agent frameworks
- Cloud Native transformation (AWS, Google Cloud)
- DevOps and CI/CD standardization
- Enterprise architecture and team leadership

### Key Technologies
**Leadership & Strategy:** Executive Stakeholder Management, Solution Discovery, Strategic Roadmapping, Cross-Functional Leadership
**Cloud Platforms:** AWS, Google Cloud, OpenShift
**Infrastructure & IaC:** Terraform, Terraform Cloud, AWS CDK / CloudFormation, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Networking (VPC/TGW)
**DevOps & CI/CD:** GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Helm, Jenkins, Spinnaker
**Languages:** Java (Spring Boot), Python, Node.js, TypeScript

### Certifications
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

## Featured Work

### Gordon Food Service Modernization
- **Role:** Senior Technical Principal at Kin + Carta
- **Achievement:** Designed and evangelized a "Golden Path" for cloud adoption
- **Impact:** 99% deployment speed improvement, enabling 3,000+ deployments/year
- **Case Study:** https://cloud.google.com/customers/gordon-food-service

## Technical Stack

- **Framework:** SvelteKit 2 with Svelte 5
- **Styling:** Tailwind CSS
- **Deployment:** Static site generation
- **Analytics:** PostHog