Steven Harris
Director Of Information Technology
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolSteven Harris is a pragmatic technology leader with 14 years of experience directing IT and application teams across associations and healthcare nonprofits, currently serving as Director of Information Technology at the American College of Healthcare Executives. He blends an MBA and PMP/CSM certifications with hands-on DevOps and backend engineering—contributing to notable open-source projects like FluxCD's kustomize-controller and Kubernetes kOps—bringing production-grade cloud and automation expertise. Steven has a track record of cutting costs, reducing consultant reliance, and accelerating operations through process redesign, contract negotiation, and targeted automation. Equally comfortable in strategic C-suite conversations and in the codebase, he has improved resilience in infrastructure (ALB/WAF, autoscaler) and strengthened testing practices for cloud-native toolchains. Based in Sarasota, FL, he applies association-sector domain knowledge to modernize member systems and streamline renewals, often turning complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science & Business Administration Computer Science, BS Computer Science & Business Administration Computer Science at Northeastern Illinois UniversityMBA Management and Information Technology, MBA Management and Information Technology at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
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Github Skills (36)
kubernetes10
docker10
tool-kit10
kustomize10
dockers10
java10
gitops10
go10
aws10
kubernetes-pods10
devops10
weak-references9
testing9
prepared-statements9
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Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/kops
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:68 reviews, 48 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily contributed to the kops project by modifying and testing AWS-related infrastructure and configurations. They updated dependencies, and made changes to incorporate AWS Load Balancer Controller (ALB) features such as WAF integration, and refactored code to reflect the use of launch templates and related security groups. Additionally, the user worked on validating and extending the capabilities of the cluster autoscaler. Their work included validation improvements and modifications to core infrastructure components.
containersgcphelmlinodeinstallation
fluxcd/kustomize-controller
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
The GitOps Toolkit Kustomize reconciler
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 7 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily contributed to the `kustomize-controller`, focusing on improving its robustness and functionality. Their work involved implementing features like optional resource references in post-build substitutions, and enhancing test coverage by trapping potential failures in the test suite related to Vault instance creation. They also addressed code quality by utilizing functions like `strings.ReplaceAll` where applicable.
cuelanghelmgitops-toolkitk8skubernetes
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