As a seasoned Senior Systems Engineer, Lance has a proven track record of designing innovative, end-to-end solutions for industry leaders like UCSF, CSC Global, and HostGator. By leveraging his expertise in systems administration, automation, and infrastructure design, he has consistently transformed operations, reduced costs, and elevated system performance at an enterprise scale. Lance is a dedicated advocate of open-source technologies, enabling organizations to enhance efficiency, reliability, and scalability. Lance's career reflects a pattern of steady progression to roles of greater responsibility and impact, thanks to his exceptional leadership and problem-solving capabilities. For example, he spearheaded the migration to Proxmox VE at UCSF, replacing VMware infrastructure and saving $100K annually. He also drove the adoption of Zabbix for cluster-wide monitoring, setting new benchmarks for system observability and performance. At CSC Global, Lance achieved $1.2M in annual savings by optimizing OpenShift clusters and automating virtual machine deployment through Ansible. Earlier in his career at HostGator, Lance managed over 3 million websites, mitigating significant security vulnerabilities and optimizing site performance. His use of custom-built Perl scripts and regular expressions led to the resolution of thousands of compromised WordPress sites, fortifying organizational security and stability.