Kevin Brockhoff
Director Consultant Expert at CGI
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Brockhoff is a Director Consultant Expert with 20+ years of software architecture and engineering experience and a 13-year focus on cloud platforms and AI-enabled observability. Based in Dallas, he helps Fortune 500 clients untangle monolithic systems, productionize legacy applications with cloud-native tooling, and automate big data pipelines while leading architectural runway for SAFe release trains. A hands-on contributor to OpenTelemetry (collector, Java SDK, and contrib) and front-end GWT components, he bridges deep open-source standards work—like semantic convention and tracing integrations—with pragmatic enterprise delivery. His background spans connected vehicle and telematics platforms to cloud migration and hybrid management, giving him both domain breadth and a trader’s analytic mindset rooted in an Agricultural Economics degree.
13 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS Agricultural Economics, BS Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University
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Github Skills (23)
observability10
distributed-tracing10
http10
gwt10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
uid10
go10
sdk10
aws10
front-end-development10
opentelemetry10
aws-xray10
testing9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
Dec 2019 - Sep 2020
OpenTelemetry Collector
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 12 commits, 12 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to the OpenTelemetry Collector by defining and updating semantic convention attribute names within the codebase. Their work involved creating constants for these attribute names, modifying existing functions to incorporate these conventions, and updating code to align with the latest specifications. They also worked on mapping OpenTelemetry status codes to HTTP status codes and vice versa. These changes focused on enhancing the collector's data translation and adherence to OpenTelemetry standards.
opentelemetry-collectortracingtempoobservabilitytelemetry
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
Dec 2019 - Jun 2020
Contrib repository for the OpenTelemetry Collector
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 reviews, 9 commits, 11 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin contributed to defining constants for semantic conventions attribute names, enhancing code readability and maintainability. They implemented an Otel status back to HTTP status mapping function, demonstrating expertise in translating between different status code representations. Additionally, the user integrated AWS X-Ray exporter functionality, including data structure development and component integration, indicating proficiency in distributed tracing systems. They updated semantic convention attribute names to the latest versions.
contribopentelemetry-collectortracingtempoobservability
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