Richard Kolas
President at KAL-TECH Consulting
Charlotte Metro United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Kolas is a technology executive and hands-on senior software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently leading KAL-TECH Consulting as President where he specializes in end-to-end Point of Sale hardware, software, and merchant services. He combines deep systems and security credentials (MCSE, MCSA, MCP, Security+, JNSS/JNSA) with practical field experience deploying VoIP, broadband, and IP video solutions for large franchise customers. Known for bridging sales engineering and product delivery, he has a track record of negotiating vendor relationships, redefining implementation processes, and scaling managed services for franchise networks. Based in the Charlotte metro area, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with technical execution—often rolling up his sleeves to install or troubleshoot network and POS infrastructure himself.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, Microsoft & Cisco, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, Microsoft & Cisco at CED SolutionsMCSE, MCSA, MCP A+, Microsoft, MCSE, MCSA, MCP A+, Microsoft at CED Solutions (Atlanta Campus)
Github Skills (34)
docker-image9
docker-compose9
docker9
aws9
golang9
terraform8
kubernetes7
container7
go7
orchestration7
aws-config6
ecosystem6
aws-lambda4
pipeline3
serverless3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kskalvar/docker-port-check
Feb 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
kskalvar/aws-eks-cluster-quickstart
Jun 2018 - Oct 2019
aws-eks-cluster-quickstart
Contributions:119 commits, 2 PRs, 226 pushes in 1 year 4 months
ekskubernetesaws-eksaws-eks-clusterterraform
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