Alan C
Systems Reliability Engineer at WP Engine
Cedar Park, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan C is a Systems Reliability Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience keeping web infrastructure healthy and performant, currently focused on preventing outages at WP Engine. He built his expertise earlier as a Linux Administrator at HostGator troubleshooting LAMP stacks, mail systems, and custom CMS issues, and is comfortable translating technical problems into plain-English explanations for non-technical stakeholders. Based in Cedar Park, Texas, he combines deep operational knowledge of CentOS/RHEL, cPanel/Plesk, and automation via bash with a background in teaching and mentoring junior engineers. Alan’s cross-cultural experience—teaching English in Japan and studying Japanese language and literature—adds patience and communication skills that complement his technical troubleshooting. Practical, calm under pressure, and skilled at creating tools and training to scale team capabilities, he excels at turning recurring incidents into lasting improvements.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at Meiji Gakuin UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mass Communication/Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mass Communication/Media Studies at Texas State University-San MarcosAssociate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Anthem College-Phoenix
English, Japanese
Github Skills (9)
game-engine8
game-development8
open-source7
godot6
cli1
javascript1
slack1
java1
desktop1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Sindern/UO-Patch
Aug 2012 - Aug 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Sindern/wintermute
Sep 2012 - Oct 2017
Contributions:50 commits, 28 pushes, 1 comment in 5 years 1 month
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