I'm Pete Fraedrich.

I am a technology leader with over 15 years of experience in software development, developer tooling, reliability, and infrastructure.

I bring experience across multiple verticals -- SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and hospitality -- but I'm always open to jumping into something new. I would love an opportunity to dive into games, HPC, and enterprise developer tooling.

Hire Me!

Seeking positions in software engineering, DevOps, SRE, and cloud leadership at the Director+ level (ideally VP or C-level).

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Career Statistics

  • Years from entry-level to Vice President 11
  • Cloud cost savings realized -$2.1M
  • Average team velocity improvement +30%
  • Average annual uptime improvement +3%
  • Team member voluntary resignations 1
  • Times laid-off 3

Areas of Expertise

  • People Management
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Softare & Infrastructure Architecture
  • Developer Experience and Tooling
  • Performance Management
  • Cost Optimization
  • Platform Consolidation
  • Process Optimization

Career Highlights

Cloud Cost Optimization - Cendyn

Reduced Cendyn's public cloud expenditure by $1.3M annually through resource rightsizing, decommissioning old resources, leveraging CSP and 3rd party recommendations, re-architecting applications, and enabling realistic data lifecycle policies.

Cloud Migration Strategy - Cendyn

Developed and began executing a 5-year public cloud consolidation and migration strategy, consolidating from seven cloud providers to two -- AWS and Azure -- while making much-needed changes to the fundamental AWS infrastructure, primarily by migrating to Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Total financial impact of the project was to be a net 5% reduction in costs and more easily manageable public cloud infrastructure.

Increased Global Product Uptime - Cendyn

With a strong focus on reliability, observability, and automation, the Platform team was able to increase Cendyn's product uptime by 3% annually, representing about 12 days of additional availability over a single year.

Team Process Improvement - Ally Financial

Increased team velocity by 27% by spearheding the implementation of Agile-inspired processes in the SRE organization, increasing team morale, and better team execution on strategic goals.

Incident Duration Reduction - Ally Financial

Reduced incident duration by 2% month-over-month through the improvement of application observability, production readiness, and post-incident Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

CI/CD Optimization & Rearchitecture - ID.me

Reduced software build and deploy times by 30% and removed manual processes from CI/CD systems through the comprehensive redesign and deployment of a net-new CI/CD system with a greater focus on containerization, pipeline reusablility, and end-to-end automation deploy and rollback.

Career Advancement - Binary Fountain

Mentored one of the IT engineers who showed and interest in moving to cloud infrastructure. The engineer was later able to transition into a cloud-focused role and is thriving in their new career path.

Skills & Certifications

Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification
PagerDuty DevOps Professional Certification
ServiceNow IT Leadership Professional
Atlassian Agile Project Management Professional
Technical Skills
Languages: Go, Python, JavaScript, shell
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
Automation & IAC: Terraform, Ansible
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB
Cloud Providers: AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, Linode
Contact Me For...
Full-Time Positions

Currently seeking full-time employment in technical leadership positions.

  • CTO/CIO
  • VP of Engineering / Platform
  • Director of Engineering
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Thought Leadership

Not sure what to do next or how to improve your organization? I can help.

  • Zoom Consultation
  • Short-Term Engagements
  • Technical Advice & Discussions
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Public Speaking

Book me to speak at your next all-hands, team offsite, conference, or special event!

  • People-First Leadership
  • Distributed Management
  • ...or a topic of your choosing!
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This is only a snapshot of my total experience, skills, and professional life.
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