Michael Trestman, PhD

Writer, Researcher, Software Engineer, Technologist

michael.a.trestman@gmail.com | Writing Samples

Key Skills & Technologies

• Technical Writing & Documentation
• Cloud Security & Best Practices (GCP, AWS, Heroku)
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Cloud Operations & CI/CD Pipeline Design
• Technologies: Ruby, Golang, Linux, Cloud Foundry, Docker, AWS, BOSH

Professional Experience

Cockroach Labs | Jan 2022 - Present

Senior Technical Writer/Cybersecurity Specialist

Enhanced CockroachDB & Cockroach Cloud documentation; authored PCI compliance guidebook.

Forte | Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

Principal Technical Writer

Developed API documentation, tutorials, and educational materials; consulted on cryptoeconomics.

Freelance Technical Writer, Security Engineer, and Consultant | Jun 2018 - Mar 2020

Various engagements with small startups, including Vanta and Domino Data Labs.

Pivotal Software | Apr 2015 – Jun 2018

Technical Writer, Engineer, SRE

Contributed to BOSH core development, cloud platform security and reliability, and Cloud Foundry documentation.

Academic Experience

Positions at institutions including UC Davis, University of Utah, and the National Science Foundation. Research in theoretical foundations of cognitive science. Published numerous academic papers.

Education

Dev Bootcamp, 2014

UC Davis, PhD in Philosophy, 2010