Brad Rydzewski
Dublin, Ohio, United States
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Brad Rydzewski is a seasoned software leader, founder, and investor with 14 years of experience building developer tools and cloud-native platforms. He founded Drone.io, a Docker- and Go-based continuous integration platform used by organizations such as the New York Times, Reddit and Sony, and after its acquisition now serves as SVP & General Manager at Harness. He blends strategic product leadership with hands-on engineering—his open-source contributions span backend CLI work, Docker plugins, UI enhancements and documentation across the Drone ecosystem. Prior roles include technical leadership on Cisco Spark and product work at GE Capital, showing a track record of delivering complex, regulated systems. Based in Dublin, Ohio, he pairs technical depth with an international business and French education that informs his cross-cultural product instincts.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
French, Commerce, French, Commerce at Ecole Supérieure de Management de l'EntrepriseBachelor of Science, Internation Business, French, Information Systems, Bachelor of Science, Internation Business, French, Information Systems at University of Dayton
English, French
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Github Skills (46)
markdown10
hugo10
javascript10
docker10
continuous-integration10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
webhooks10
technical-writing10
css10
command-line-interface10
drones10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
drone/docs
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
Documentation for the Drone Continuous Integration project
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:13 reviews, 396 commits, 110 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Brad primarily contributed to the project by adding and modifying documentation. This involved updating the README file, adding syntax highlighting for YAML, and adding information about notification templates and secret configurations. The user also restructured the documentation for the 0.6.0-rc.2 release. These changes appear to improve the clarity and completeness of the project documentation.
continuouscontinuous-integrationdroneidris
drone-plugins/drone-docker
May 2015 - Jan 2022
Drone plugin for publishing Docker images
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:16 reviews, 164 commits, 88 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brad primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of a Docker plugin designed for publishing Docker images within a Drone CI/CD pipeline. Their work included implementing features like Docker daemon management, image building and pushing, and integrating with registry authentication. They also improved the plugin's functionality by adding features like storage driver configuration, DNS settings, and multi-tag builds, demonstrating a focus on optimizing the build and deployment process.
docker-in-dockerpublishingdrone-plugindockerdocker-images
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