Joe Cropper
Distinguished Engineer, Power As-a-Service & Hybrid Cloud at IBM
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorJoe Cropper is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM specializing in Power-as-a-Service and hybrid cloud platforms, with 12 years of software development experience. He combines deep back-end expertise—particularly in Python and OpenStack Nova compute management—with architectural leadership to deliver resilient, production-grade cloud services. Based in Austin, he pairs enterprise-scale engineering with a pragmatic approach to debugging, migrations, and API improvements that improve host and compute node reliability. An active open-source contributor, Joe’s Nova commits show a focus on real-world operational problems like migration scripts, compute stats, and test-driven fixes. Outside of work he applies the same tinkering mindset to home automation and car detailing, reflecting a hands-on curiosity that informs both systems design and user-focused solutions.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (6)
debug10
openstack10
python10
apidoc9
unit-test9
api9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/nova
Sep 2013 - Mar 2016
OpenStack Compute (Nova). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the OpenStack Nova project, focusing on compute node management and database interactions. Their work included resolving issues related to compute node stats, addressing migration script errors, and implementing API improvements for host aggregates. Furthermore, the user demonstrated proficiency in testing and ensuring the correct behavior of the system through test cases and migration scripts. The commits indicate expertise in working with Python and the OpenStack ecosystem.
novaopendevopenstackcompute
ppc64le/devops-automation
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
Sample automation scripts for DevOps on Power Systems, which provide examples on how to provision cloud infrastructure and optionally install sample applications atop that infrastructure.
Contributions:36 commits, 17 PRs, 37 pushes in 2 years 9 months
power-systemscloud-infrastructuredevopsinfrastructureprovision
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