Rene Sorra is a seasoned engineering and commissioning leader with 35 years of multi-disciplinary experience and over two decades directing large technical teams across private and government contracts. He combines hands-on mechanical and IT infrastructure expertise—ranging from data center design, MEP systems and controls to DevOps scripting and Azure deployments—with strong program and construction management skills. Rene has led high-stakes projects for Fortune 100 clients, federal agencies and hyperscale providers, including data center L4/L5 commissioning and NIH and AWS initiatives. He founded and sold technology and consulting ventures, built certification labs for wireless testing, and helped shape industry standards for device safety and testing. An active contributor to Azure open-source templates, he brings practical automation experience in deployment, configuration and infrastructure orchestration in addition to his commissioning practice. Known for pragmatic innovation, Rene excels at translating complex technical requirements into auditable, mission-critical solutions on time and on budget.
22 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland
Tooling and guidance on deploying Scalable Moodle Clusters on Azure.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:59 commits, 39 PRs, 61 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rene's commits primarily involve modifications to scripts and configurations related to the deployment and setup of a Moodle instance on Azure. Their contributions focus on automating and improving the infrastructure setup, including changes to `mysql_install_moodle.sh` for updates, fail2ban configuration, and modifications to the `setup_moodle.sh` script to include web server configuration and SSL setup. Additionally, the user worked on setting up and configuring the nginx and apache web servers and implementing the use of the Azure file share. They also contributed to the creation and automation of the service catalog via a script.
Contributions:112 commits, 83 PRs, 57 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Rene's commits primarily involve merging updates and resolving conflicts within the repository. A significant portion of the changes involve scripts related to installing and configuring MongoDB on Ubuntu virtual machines, along with scripts for setting up and configuring a Mesos cluster. They are also seen using scripts to configure a Swarm and Marathon setup. Additionally, the user touched upon scripts that installed and configured a Minecraft server. The user's work indicates involvement in deployment, infrastructure, and automation, which are central to DevOps practices.
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