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Disney Media & Entertainment - Software Delivery Transformation

Disney Media & Entertainment: Software Delivery Transformation

Executive Summary

Led a comprehensive software delivery workshop for Disney’s Matterhorn team, transforming their approach to CI/CD practices on Google Cloud Platform and strengthening their commitment to cloud-native development for critical web-facing assets including Disney.com.

Challenge

Disney Media & Entertainment faced significant challenges with their software delivery processes:

  • Critical Infrastructure: Matterhorn platform runs business-critical web assets including Disney.com requiring enterprise-grade reliability
  • DevOps Maturity: Team needed guidance on “what good looks like” for CI/CD practices in cloud environments
  • Platform Strategy: Required strategic direction for existing GKE workload optimization and expansion
  • Competitive Positioning: Operating in highly competitive entertainment technology landscape requiring rapid innovation

Approach & Solution

As technical advisor and workshop lead, I developed a comprehensive solution:

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Electronic Arts - GKE/Kubernetes Workshop Excellence

Electronic Arts: GKE/Kubernetes Workshop Excellence

Executive Summary

Delivered exceptional GKE/Kubernetes workshop for Electronic Arts, finding the perfect balance of high-level overview and technical depth within limited time constraints, helping overcome reservations about managed cloud offerings in the gaming industry.

Challenge

Electronic Arts faced specific challenges in adopting managed cloud services for gaming workloads:

  • Gaming Industry Requirements: Specialized needs for high-performance, low-latency gaming applications
  • Managed Service Skepticism: Reservations about using managed offerings versus self-managed infrastructure
  • Technical Depth vs. Time: Need to deliver comprehensive understanding within limited workshop timeframe
  • Performance Concerns: Gaming industry concerns about managed service performance and control limitations

Approach & Solution

As gaming cloud specialist and Kubernetes expert, I developed a comprehensive solution:

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Kronos - Global CI/CD Workshop & Pipeline Transformation

Kronos: Global CI/CD Workshop & Pipeline Transformation

Executive Summary

Delivered comprehensive GKE & CI/CD workshop for Kronos with 45 virtual attendees, successfully mapping their current pipeline to GCP native tools while establishing best practices and creating organization-wide Kubernetes momentum across the enterprise.

Challenge

Kronos faced significant DevOps transformation challenges across their global organization:

  • Legacy Pipeline Integration: Complex existing CI/CD pipeline requiring careful mapping to modern cloud-native tools
  • Global Scale Coordination: Need to engage 45+ virtual attendees across different time zones and technical backgrounds
  • Best Practices Education: Organization lacked standardized approach to efficient CI/CD pipeline implementation
  • Kubernetes Adoption: Required foundation for building Kubernetes groundswell and momentum enterprise-wide

Approach & Solution

As workshop leader and DevOps specialist, I developed a comprehensive solution:

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Mayo Clinic - Container Strategy & AI Factory Enablement

Mayo Clinic: Container Strategy & AI Factory Enablement

Executive Summary

Transformed Mayo Clinic’s perception of container technology from apprehension to excitement, unlocking a vital AI Factory opportunity for one of Google Cloud’s top customer partners through expert technical leadership and strategic guidance.

Challenge

Mayo Clinic faced significant obstacles in their container adoption journey:

  • Previous False Start: Prior negative experience with container technology creating organizational resistance
  • Highly Regulated Environment: Healthcare compliance requirements demanding specialized container security and governance approaches
  • AI Factory Opportunity: Major strategic initiative requiring modern container infrastructure as foundation
  • Technical Skepticism: Leadership team uncertain about container technology value and implementation complexity

Approach & Solution

As technical advisor and container specialist, I developed a comprehensive solution:

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Simple Container Deploys on Google Cloud Platform

Deploy to Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, Cloud Run, and Google Kubernetes Engine, with just a few commands
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GKE - Global ingress in practice on Google Container Engine - Part 2- Demo

This article is a follow up to a couple previous ones, Global Kubernetes in 3 Steps on GCP which walks through setting up a global cluster, and Global ingress in practice on Google Container Engine — Part 1 Discussion which discusses how you would use a Global cluster with a Google LoadBalancer for Ingress.
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GKE - Global ingress in practice on Google Container Engine - Part 1- Discussion

In this article I’ll cover a variety of challenges I faced and solutions I figured out when deploying a real app to a Global Federated cluster using GCE ingress controller. In part 1 I’ll discuss the concepts, and in part 2 we’ll do an end to end deployment with real code.
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GKE - Global Kubernetes in 3 Steps

Creating a globally federated kubernetes cluster may sound daunting but it really only takes a few small steps. Create the project and cluster, install and Join to kubefed, deploy globally
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GKE - Getting Started with Google Container Engine

A primer for setting up and using GKE, Google managed Kubernetes Cluster services.
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