About Me

I am former Microsoft Azure MVP who currently works for Microsoft as a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Engineering. I currently reside in Grand Rapids, MI with my wife and kids. I have wide range in experiences from Systems Analyst, Application and ETL Development, Project Management, Cloud Engineering, DevOps consulting, and Cloud Architecture.

Blogging

I have a blog at Blog.JohnFolberth.com. Additionally I have had blogs posted and/or featured on:

• European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference (ESPC)
• Feedspot Top Terraform Blogs
• Feedspot Top Azure Blogs
• Top Stories from Microsoft DevOps Community
  • Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • Terraform, Azure DevOps, App Services, and Slots
  • Azure DevOps Terraform Task
• Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences Blog
  • Tracking Azure History with Azure Resource Graph
  • Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL w/React Quickstart - CoAuthor
  • Series of Posts on Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines
  • Series of Post on Azure Data Factory CI/CD

Interests

• Technology.
• A love hate relationship with running
• Trying to keep up with my kids
• Finding innovative and automated ways to solve technology issues
• Sharing what knowledge I have with others will simultaneously learning from them

Speaking Engagements

• 2023 Heartland Developer Conference: Azure Deployment Environments the Future of Development
• West Michigan Azure User Group: Introducing Azure Load Testing to your CI/CD Pipelines
• 2022 Heartland Developer Conference: "Many Flavors of Azure IaC"
• 2020 Heartland Developer Conference: "The DevOps Mindset"
• 2019 Heartland Developer Conference: "Data Analytics in Azure: Our Journey and Experience
• Omaha Azure User Group: YAML Deployment Pipelines
• Omaha Azure User Group: Azure Bicep Walkthrough

Publications

Tech Review on "Building Applications with Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Leverage IaC to Vastly Improve the LIfe Cycle of Your Applications"

Industry Certifications

Microsoft

GitHub and Azure Hero Badgers

AWS and GCP

GitHub Stats