Summary
Rick Alm is a Senior Cloud Engineer with three decades of real-time systems experience and two decades in investment banking technology, blending deep knowledge of OS, networking, hardware/chipset design, and interprocess communication with practical business-process awareness. Based in Scranton, PA, he specializes in designing resilient, low-latency systems for mission-critical environments and translates cross-industry lessons from aerospace, manufacturing, and labs into robust financial infrastructure. Rick treats being an "IT generalist" as a strength—able to diagnose problems from multiple technical angles and avoid single-discipline blind spots. He emphasizes pragmatic engineering: applying processes only where common sense confirms their fit, not by imitation. An active blogger who curates technical notes and discoveries, he pairs hands-on systems craftsmanship with strategic thinking about operational risk and efficiency.
10 years of coding experience