Alexander Hurd
Cloud Engineer at Fifth Third Bank
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Hurd is a Cloud Engineer based in Cincinnati with 13 years of hands-on experience designing and operating distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. He has a strong background in systems architecture, ETL and real-time streaming dating back to telecom and GIS roles, and now applies that expertise at Fifth Third Bank. His career spans high-performance C++ services, InfoSphere Streams ETL, and cloud-native solutions, reflecting a practical blend of low-level performance tuning and scalable automation. Alexander is an active OSS contributor to the popular LinuxGSM project, where he added and maintained game server support—an indication of his attention to operational detail and scripting. He brings a track record of building end-to-end solutions—from PHP MVC web apps with GIS and chat integrations to multi-threaded polling services—and often bridges gaps between field operations and backend systems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Electronics Engineering Technology, Associates, Electronics Engineering Technology at Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeBachelors, Computer Engineering 2004, Bachelors, Computer Engineering 2004 at 2008 University of Cincinnati College of Engineering
Github Skills (9)
sh10
script10
dedicated10
bash10
shell10
gameserver10
dedicated-server10
server10
scripting10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
The command-line tool for quick, simple deployment and management of Linux dedicated game servers.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:99 commits, 25 PRs, 67 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the `gameservermanagers/linuxgsm` repository by adding support for various game servers. Their commits focused on creating configuration files, setting up default configurations, and modifying existing scripts to integrate and manage new games, including Sven Co-op, Quake Live, and Counter-Strike: Classic Offensive. The user also implemented fixes and updates to existing server configurations, demonstrating a focus on expanding and maintaining the LinuxGSM's game server management capabilities.
command-line-tooldedicated-game-serversgamesimple-deploymentdeployment
hurdad/lgsm-ui
Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:52 commits, 21 pushes in 8 months
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