Joseph Louthan

Summary

Nearly 30 years IT experience
Technical Project Manager, Ansible Enthusiast, Rust Newbie
Certified Scrum Master & Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
Ex-Dell, Ex-IBM, Ex-Apple & Ex-Microsoft
US Air Force Veteran, Still Photographer
Versailles, KY

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Current Experience

Red Hat, Jul 2019-Now

Technical Project Manager

Noteworthy Projects include but not limited to:

Automotive Industry, DCS/SRE OpenShift Backstage Deploy

Goals: Creating Developer Enablement Platform
Scope: Development of DEP which includes evaluating and backlog of product features
Key Challenges: Demonstrated strong leadership skills in guiding new team members through the onboarding process and integrating them into the project team; Effectively collaborated with cross-functional teams to overcome challenges in developing for cutting-edge technologies such as Backstage
Technologies: OpenShift, Tekton, Quay, Backstage, GitHub Enterprise
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $3,300,000
Outcomes: Enabled client developer teams to code more efficiently and consistently by providing all developers with standardized tools, frameworks, and code across the entire organization

Banking Industry, Networking Configuration Drift

Goals: Manage configuration drift for 40000 routers
Scope: Setup Ansible Automation Platform Cluster for Networking teams; Build Playbooks for Network Developers to build upon
Key Challenges: Telnet not SSH used to access Router configs
Technologies: Ansible, Ansible Tower, Telnet
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $1,200,000
Outcomes: Kept all networking devices from entering into config creep, thus quickening troubleshooting issues

Insurance Industry, Docker Migration

Goals: Docker Migration to OpenShift
Scope: Docker Migration to OpenShift
Key Challenges: Leveraged strong project management skills to manage complex project structures and maintain project momentum despite challenges with subcontractor coordination through a third-party vendor; Effectively communicated project progress and risks to stakeholders during periods of client unavailability
Technologies: OpenShift
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $645,000
Outcomes: Provided client with enterprise orchestration of containers and avoided engaging Kubernetes on their own

Energy Industry, Community of Practice (CoP)

Goals: OpenShift; Web Development
Scope: Setup CoP with Web Portal for Communication
Key Challenges: Proactively identified and addressed challenges in client communication to mitigate project risks; Effectively communicated project goals and benefits to C-level executives, resulting in successful project sponsorship
Technologies: Web; OpenShift
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $360,000
Outcomes: CoP adopted and standardized containers and OpenShift deployments across the entire organization

Various, Dedicated Engineers

Goals: Deployed Engineers with RH Support access
Scope: Backoffice and communications
Key Challenges: Demonstrated strong leadership skills in guiding new team members through the onboarding process and integrating them into the project team
Technologies: OpenShift, Ansible
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $500,000+
Outcomes: Gave clients a dedicated RH engineer at their disposal for team support

Previous Experiences