Desmond Ho
About Desmond Ho
Desmond Ho is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with extensive experience in the healthcare and internet sectors. He has a strong background in container orchestration, cloud management, and deployment pipelines, and has worked for notable companies such as Clover Health and OpenRice.com.
Work at Clover Health
Desmond Ho currently serves as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Clover Health, a position he has held since 2023 in the Manchester Area, United Kingdom. Prior to this role, he worked at Clover Health as a Site Reliability Engineer (L4) from 2022 to 2023 for 11 months in Greater Manchester, England. His experience at Clover Health spans over two years, contributing to the company's focus on healthcare technology.
Previous Experience in IT
Desmond Ho has extensive experience in the IT sector, having worked at OpenRice.com in various roles from 2013 to 2018. He started as an IT Service Engineer and progressed to Senior IT Service Engineer, accumulating a total of four years in different capacities. He also worked as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Lalamove for one year in 2018-2019. His career in IT began with an IT Service Engineer II role at OpenRice.com from 2015 to 2016.
Education and Expertise
Desmond Ho holds a Bachelor of Computing with Honors in Internet Technology from Hong Kong Metropolitan University, where he studied from 2009 to 2011. He also earned a Higher Diploma in Network Applications from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, completing his studies there from 2006 to 2009. His expertise includes container orchestration, cloud management, observability, and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
Background in Healthcare and Internet Industries
Desmond Ho has a demonstrated history of working in both the hospital and healthcare sectors as well as the internet industry. His roles at Clover Health and OpenRice.com reflect his versatility and adaptability in different technological environments, contributing to his comprehensive understanding of IT operations in diverse fields.
Passion for Cloud Native Computing
Desmond Ho has a strong passion for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ecosystem. This interest aligns with his professional expertise and informs his work in site reliability engineering, where he applies cloud-native principles to enhance system reliability and performance.