Seth Freeman

Technology Leader, DevOps Strategist, Product-Centric Innovator

Dover, AR · seth@sethops.org · (310) 430-5224 · LinkedIn: sethtech

Summary

I lead global engineering teams in building secure, scalable platforms that accelerate delivery, support customer-centric development, and drive digital transformation.

Key Accomplishments

  • Scaled global DevOps team from 3 contractors to 15 FTEs, delivering 24/7 coverage
  • Cut time-to-market by 50% through orchestrated CI/CD and ephemeral environments
  • Migrated 100% of legacy infrastructure to secure, containerized microservices on AWS

Experience

Manager, DevOps – Shell Recharge Solutions (2021–Present)

  • Led global team of 15 engineers in a follow-the-sun model
  • Orchestrated migration to containerized infrastructure on AWS
  • Refreshed CI/CD pipeline for 50% delivery speed improvement
  • Rolled out unified DevOps framework across product lines

Interim Director of Quality Engineering – Shell Recharge Solutions (2023)

  • Directed 30+ engineers in QA and automation
  • Advanced shift-left quality strategy and CI integration
  • Strengthened release velocity and cross-functional alignment

Lead DevOps Engineer – Shell Recharge Solutions (2021)

  • Automated provisioning and blue-green deployment strategies
  • Conducted training to upskill engineering and QA teams

DevOps Consultant – Lab Zero (2010–2021)

  • Delivered solutions for Fortune 100s including Apple, Visa, and PwC
  • Built infrastructure for CI/CD, observability, and SRE

Director of Product – Smarter Medical Care (2015–2017)

  • Led product delivery lifecycle with Lab Zero leadership

QA Manager – Kodak Gallery (2000–2009)

  • Built QA strategy and deployment pipelines for flagship services

Skills

  • IaC: Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, ArgoCD
  • CI/CD: Teamcity, Octopus, Jenkins, Capistrano
  • Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Openstack
  • Observability: Datadog, Dynatrace, NewRelic, Grafana
  • Languages: Bash, Ruby, Go, Python, HTML, CSS, JS

Education

Berklee College of Music, Boston MA