Randy Bertram
Senior Staff Trainer at Global Training Network
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRandy Bertram is a seasoned software architect and mentor with over three decades of experience designing intuitive UIs and leading cross-disciplinary teams, most recently serving as Senior Staff Trainer after a long tenure at IBM. He specializes in front-end development for large-scale cloud and systems products, combining hands-on coding (JavaScript/Node.js, Java, Python, C++) with UX leadership and Agile methodologies. Randy architected logging and activity-tracking platforms for IBM Cloud, drove OpenStack Horizon’s UX improvements (including AngularJS migration), and contributed full-stack fixes to the widely used Horizon dashboard. A prolific inventor and communicator, he holds 44 issued patents out of 70 applications, 33 technical publications, and a reputation for turning complex system management problems into approachable user experiences. He’s known for building and coaching high-performing teams—training junior developers in JavaScript frameworks and restoring team morale through outages—while applying a pragmatic, experiment-driven approach to product design. Based in Raleigh, NC, he blends deep systems thinking with a designer’s sense for usability and measurable operational impact.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Kentucky
Github Skills (16)
datepicker10
uid10
javascript10
bootstra10
openstack10
ui-design10
bootstrap10
angularjs9
service-design9
front-end-development9
service-provider9
html9
css8
back-end-development8
backend8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/horizon
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Randy primarily focused on enhancing the OpenStack Horizon dashboard, contributing to both the frontend and backend aspects of the project. They addressed usability issues by removing redundant UI elements and fixing bugs related to the subnet wizard. The user also implemented datepicker locale support, improving internationalization, and added serial console functionality, demonstrating a range of skills in UI, user experience, and backend system integration.
horizonopendevopenstackdashboardenterprise
randybertram/scratch
Mar 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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