Richard Sostheim

Rick Sostheim is a seasoned professional with extensive expertise in scalable distributed systems, cloud systems, IaaS, PaaS, container orchestration systems, signaling, monitoring, and management applications.

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) degree from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

Throughout his career, Rick has held various key positions such as Principal Engineer at Amazon's EC2 Container Services, Senior Principal Engineer at Samsung SDS, Technical Manager Network Development at MTN Satellite Communications, and Principal Engineer at Hewlett-Packard. He has also worked at companies like JDS Uniphase, Bloomberg, Verizon, Agilent Technologies, FedEx, and more, acquiring a diverse skill set.

His expertise includes distributed network systems, network application development, network engineering, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and leading Agile software development projects.

Rick excels in project management, people management, providing technical direction, and has a proven track record in building and leading teams of engineers for both greenfield and legacy systems.

With exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, he has played a crucial role in multiple organizations by aligning technical initiatives with business goals.

His experience spans from principal engineering and software architect roles to software engineering, test engineering, and devops, showcasing his proficiency across the software development life cycle.