Solving Complex Technical Challenges

With over 30 years of experience in network, systems, and software engineering, I help organizations navigate their most challenging technical initiatives. From cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments to system architecture and DevOps implementation, I deliver practical solutions that drive business outcomes.

What I Offer

Strategic Technical Consulting - Transform your technology landscape with proven expertise in cloud platforms, containerization, and modern infrastructure patterns.

Hands-On Implementation - Bridge the gap between strategy and execution with direct involvement in design, development, and deployment of critical systems.

Knowledge Transfer - Empower your teams with best practices, documentation, and training that ensures long-term success and self-sufficiency.

Recent Insights

Explore my latest technical articles covering Kubernetes, cloud architecture, security practices, and emerging technologies. Each piece reflects real-world experience and practical insights gained from decades of hands-on engineering work.

Recent Posts

Technical April 10, 2018

Simple LDAP proxy container

So, you have an LDAP server running happily on port 636 but one of your client applications doesn’t seem to be happy with the SSL connection for whatever reason. You need an intermediary …

Ross Golder 1 min read

September 30, 2014

Merging Confluence users

One of my clients is running Confluence. Somewhere along the line, two user accounts had been created for one user, and content had been added using both users.

So muggins here to the rescue. …

Ross Golder 3 min read

Technical August 15, 2014

Building a Resilient Rural Network Infrastructure

Designing and implementing a robust dual-WAN network with wireless mesh connectivity to serve multiple households in rural Thailand, featuring automatic failover and centralized monitoring.

Ross Golder 4 min read

Technical May 21, 2013

GStreamer pipeline for RTSP stream

A simple gstreamer pipeline to display at RTSP stream (from an Aircam)…

gst-launch -m rtspsrc location=rtsp://172.16.2.251/live/ch00_0 ! rtph264depay ! ffdec_h264 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! …

Ross Golder 1 min read

Technical May 18, 2013

Harvest e-mail addresses from stdin

A little python script to do this:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys import re

bulkemails = sys.stdin.read()

# regex = [email protected] r = …

Ross Golder 1 min read

Technical May 18, 2013

Magento API problem setting additional_attributes

For some reason, it’s damn hard to get the additional_attributes set via Magento’s v2 API. Even the example code in their API docs doesn’t cover it. After trying many permutations, I …

Ross Golder 1 min read

Personal September 15, 2006