Cody Buell
Senior DevOps Engineering Manager at Kion
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCody Buell is a Senior DevOps Engineering Manager based in Atlanta with over a decade of hands-on experience designing, operating, and leading cloud and ground systems teams. He has progressed from systems engineering roles supporting NASA missions to executive DevOps leadership at Kion, blending deep operational discipline with people management and process improvement. Cody is a pragmatic full‑stack engineer who contributes to open-source tools like the widely used vim-markdown plugin, demonstrating an eye for UX details and extensibility. He brings a rare combination of mission-critical systems experience, scripting and automation expertise, and a track record of organizing teams for reliable launches and production services. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex operational requirements into maintainable, secure systems and to coach teams through scale and incident response.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Brigham Young University
Stackoverflow
238reputation
47kreached
3answers
9questions
Github Skills (16)
vim10
markdown10
markdown-it10
syntax-highlighting10
programming-language8
pseudo-elements6
measurement6
css6
browser6
backgrounds6
jquery6
height6
css-sprites6
resize6
api-design6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
preservim/vim-markdown
Jul 2016 - Jun 2018
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Cody primarily contributed to the markdown syntax and functionality of the vim-markdown plugin. Their work included adding support for new features, such as opening links in new tabs/splits and customizing file extensions, along with correcting bugs and implementing improvements to existing features. The user also modified code to enhance functionality, such as adding options to disable foldtext and initialized variables. These changes demonstrate a clear understanding of how to extend and modify the Markdown Vim plugin.
markdownsyntax-highlightingvimvim-mode
codybuell/dotfiles
Jul 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1517 commits, 1265 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 6 months
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