# Glen Barber — I make complex systems more reliable, and releases more predictable.

_Kingston, PA, USA_

Profile: https://www.everyexpert.com/glenjbarber

## About

If releases depend on manual steps, infrastructure problems keep returning, or critical knowledge lives with one person, I can help you build a more dependable way forward.

I bring 17 years of Unix systems and infrastructure experience, including nearly a decade leading FreeBSD release engineering. My work spans release planning, build automation, change control, production troubleshooting, and coordinating distributed engineering teams through difficult delivery decisions.

I created Thermite, the ZFS-backed automation framework used for isolated, repeatable FreeBSD release builds. I also carried release automation and workflows through the project's Subversion-to-Git migration without interrupting the release cadence.

My current project put that operational experience into code:

Apiary: A FreeBSD-native virtualization and cluster management platform combining bhyve, jails, ZFS, storage replication, and management APIs.
https://github.com/glenjbarber/apiary

## Sessions I offer

- [1:1 Video Call](https://www.everyexpert.com/glenjbarber/book/11-video-call) — 30 min, Free
  Schedule a private video consultation for customized guidance and expert advice.

## Links

- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/in/glenjbarber/)
- [website](https://github.com/glenjbarber/)
- [Apiary](https://apiary.work)
- [GitHub \- glenjbarber/apiary: Apiary \- The bhyve Yard](https://github.com/glenjbarber/apiary)

## Citation

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