Kevin Semande
About Kevin Semande
Kevin Semande serves as the Director of Infrastructure at BlueCat, a position he has held since 2022. He has extensive experience in infrastructure management, having previously worked in various roles at BlueCat and other technology companies.
Current Role at BlueCat
Kevin Semande serves as the Director of Infrastructure at BlueCat, a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he oversees the infrastructure operations and strategies that support the company's technology initiatives. His leadership is aimed at enhancing the reliability and performance of BlueCat's infrastructure.
Previous Experience at BlueCat
Before becoming the Director of Infrastructure, Kevin Semande worked at BlueCat as the Senior Manager of Infrastructure from 2021 to 2022. He also held the position of Manager, CloudOps from 2019 to 2021. His tenure at BlueCat has spanned various roles, contributing to the company's infrastructure development and cloud operations.
Professional Background
Kevin Semande has a diverse professional background in IT infrastructure and systems administration. He has worked at several organizations, including CloudStreet Gaming as a Senior Systems Administrator/DevOps, and Think Research as a Senior System Administrator & Team Lead. His career spans over two decades, with significant experience in Toronto, Ontario.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Kevin possesses advanced skills in various scripting languages, including bash, sed, perl, and python. He has expertise in disaster recovery planning and PCI compliance, as well as a strong background in message queuing and caching technologies. His specialization includes high-availability solutions for web application stacks, covering all components from load-balancers to databases.
Career Timeline
Kevin Semande's career includes roles at several companies. He worked at MacLaren McCann as a Systems Administrator from 2003 to 2008, at FreshBooks from 2008 to 2010, and at Maptuit Corporation in 2011. He also served as a Senior Linux Administrator at Upsight from 2014 to 2016 and as a Senior Systems Administrator/DevOps at CloudStreet Gaming from 2018 to 2019.