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 ## Creating a Blog Using Jekyll on an Ubuntu Machine
 
-Blogging has become a popular way to share knowledge, experiences, and ideas with the world. One of the simplest and most efficient ways to start a blog is by using Jekyll, a static site generator that takes Markdown files and converts them into a complete static website. In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of creating a blog using Jekyll on an Ubuntu machine.
+ Once upon a time I used to run my own blog. Topics were of course code, work, projects, hikes, food and health. I did that for about 11 years. It even scored me some writing gigs. Then I kind of did the career focus track for the past five and a half years by getting my hands very dirty in the process of diving back into .Net, enough DevOps work to be familiar with YAML now, and of course Azure.
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+ I'm in a pretty demanding project role right now but I took some old advice from a friend. So, dusting off some previous research I did earlier this year, I opened up VS Code this morning and produced this blog powered by markdown files, Jeckyll and hosted for free, being super cost concious here in  the 2024 economy, on GitHub Pages.
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+ > "No one is so tired that he cannot begin again and carry on." — Marcus Aurelius
+
+ In this guide, I’ll walk through the process of creating a blog using Jekyll on an Ubuntu machine (you  can of course do it on both Mac and Windows).
 
 ### Prerequisites
 

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+title: Resume
+permalink: /resume/
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+### Software Engineer, System Architect, Technical Pre-Sales Professional
+### Columbus, OH | [Email Me](mailto:jeffbreece@outlook.com)
+
+## Profile
+As a software engineer, collaboration and technical pre-sales architect
+and team lead, Jeff has been responsible for solution design and
+delivery across multiple platforms in a wide body of industries and
+organizations. This includes over 10 years of experience with backend
+services, Azure, business automation platforms, portal development,
+digital assistant (Microsoft bot) technologies, modern .NET, CI/CD, and
+Low/No Code tech stacks including Power Platform, Dataverse, and Nintex.
+He has worked within industries, some of which represent insurance,
+logistics, energy, retirement, health care, steel manufacturing, and
+various government organizations.
+
+## Experience
+### Insight 2023 to present
+-   Power Platform & Dataverse Development/Architecture
+-   (Current contract) Create a responsive Canvas application, capable
+    of on and offline functionality, including Power Automate components
+    using a Dataverse back end, with file storage in SharePoint,
+    following a Git Flow pattern for source control and Azure Dev Opps
+    YAML pipelines for Dev-Test-QA-Prod deployments, to support a Bill
+    of Lading Product for a US State Department of Agriculture
+-   (5 months) Perform a migration for a large project management and
+    monetary allocation Canvas app from a SharePoint back end to a
+    Dataverse with a streamlined data model, Data Flows and ALM with
+    training for a Wealth Management organization
+
+### Insight 2023 to present
+-   Technical pre-sales solution architect
+-   Work to support diverse clients with solution architecture, to
+    scope, to project and sales
+-   Produce team based with project timeline with build task-based
+    estimations, SOW's, ROM presentation decks and delivered client
+    pitches as part of this body of work
+-   Produce quick POC's for conversational vetting of approach to
+    instill confidence of our buyers
+-   Helped to sell well over \$3M of new and continued business in both
+    strategic and partner accounts
+
+### Insight February 2019 to July 2023
+-   .NET Principal Engineer (6 to 8), MSFT Bot Framework, Azure
+    Functions & Logic Apps
+-   (6 months) Azure Functions & D365 integrations for Data Center
+    Management Organization in Cleveland
+-   (5 years) Voice assistant developer using Microsoft Bot Framework,
+    .NET, ADO, CI/CD, Bing Maps, LUIS, CLU, Custom Question Answering
+    (QnA Maker), App Insights dashboard-based feature
+    development/delivery (root bot with several skills) for a large
+    energy company in Detroit
+-   (6 months) Logic Application and Azure Function based architectural
+    assessment for a health care provider building an appointment
+    reminder system
+
+### Nationwide Insurance September 2017 to February 2019
+-   System Architect M365, SharePoint, enterprise search, Intranet
+-   Managed SharePoint and parts of the M365 ecosystem (Power BI
+    included) from a 3-year architectural & budgeting road map
+    standpoint
+-   Provided a two-year plan, to budget, to migrate the Intranet from
+    Java and Grails with an on-premises web server and SQL based back
+    end to a modern web application using React and cloud-based CMS with
+    a headless pattern lowering cost of ownership and coming in under
+    budget
+-   Planned out the retirement of on-premises SharePoint search to a
+    vendor specific, and preferred by, the organization built out using
+    Coveo Enterprise Search
+-   Constructed the project architecture and planning for the corporate
+    move from SharePoint 2013 on premise to SharePoint Online then
+    helped the technical team to perform those tasks while keeping a
+    line of sight on budget to time
+
+### Cardinal Solutions, Inc July 2013 to September 2017
+-   SharePoint, .NET, JavaScript, PowerShell Developer
+-   Workflow automations, Master Page branding, Web Part development,
+    event receivers, managed metadata, with a specialty in BDC/BCS
+    (multiple clients)
+-   Farm migrations
+
+### Glazer's Family of Companies, Inc June 2008 to July 202013
+-   SharePoint lead, .NET, JavaScript, PowerShell Developer
+-   Workflow automations, Master Page branding, Web Part development,
+    event receivers, managed metadata, BDC
+-   Lotus Notes migration using .NET to SharePoint list-based solutions
+-   Java console application automating the pulling of complex #
+    data from DB2 to MySQL
+
+## Skills & abilities
+-   .NET
+-   SQL
+-   Cosmos DB
+-   PowerShell
+-   Azure
+-   Power Platform
+-   Dataverse
+-   Microsoft Cognitive Services
+-   Business Process Flow
+-   SharePoint
+-   Azure Search
+-   Solution Architecture
+-   Business Process Automation
+-   Scalability
+-   Testing
+-   CI/CD Azure Dev Ops/Git
+
+## Public Speaking
+-   Career Development Talks for internal community groups (Insight)
+-   Columbus Web Group 2017
+-   SharePoint Saturday Columbus, Ohio 2017 (Workflows)
+-   Buckeye SPUG Columbus, Ohio 2016 (Workflows)
+-   Dog Food Conference Columbus, Ohio 2016 (BCS Catalog Framework & SQL Integration)
+-   Nationwide Internal Innovation Conference 2018
+-   Code && Beer Community Interview re adapting to the Pandemic
+-   Code && Beer Bot Framework 2020
+-   Code && Beer Azure Functions 2019
+
+## Education
+The Ohio State University, BA, 2008
+PMP Digital Media & Conservation