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    "name": "Will Worland",
    "label": "Senior Engineer · Enterprise Mobility / UEM · Automation",
    "email": "me@willworland.com",
    "phone": "916.258.5651",
    "url": "https://willworland.com",
    "summary": "Seasoned hybrid engineer and enterprise mobility/UEM specialist with 25+ years across endpoint management, automation, and secure device lifecycle at scale. Proven record leading cross-team programs, building CI/CD and deployment workflows, and translating ambiguous requirements into reliable, on-time deliverables. Former client platform engineer (Uber) and long-time enterprise mobility practitioner, now founder of Oak & Ash Technology — advising small and mid-market businesses on mobility, UEM, and endpoint automation. Known for clear communication, documentation quality, and collaborative execution across product, engineering, security, and operations.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Sacramento",
      "region": "CA",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "ninexmobility",
        "url": "https://github.com/ninexmobility"
      },
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "willworland",
        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/willworland"
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "name": "Oak & Ash Technology",
      "position": "Founder / IT Consultant",
      "startDate": "2026-01",
      "endDate": "",
      "location": "Sacramento, CA",
      "summary": "Sacramento-based IT consultancy focused on mobility, UEM, and endpoint automation for small and mid-market businesses. Vendor-agnostic platform evaluation, deployment, and ongoing operational support.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Enterprise Mobility — Solutions Engineering",
      "position": "Engineer III, Software",
      "startDate": "2024-02",
      "endDate": "2026-01",
      "location": "St. Louis, MO (remote/Sacramento, CA)",
      "summary": "Delivered internal automation initiatives and workplace engineering solutions end-to-end, owning scope, milestones, and cross-team integration.",
      "highlights": [
        "Product-managed and engineered a secure Android 'MobiControl' lockdown launcher used across rugged devices: requirements, roadmap, policy alignment, release management, and support enablement.",
        "Built and maintained a CI/CD application packaging pipeline for repeatable app deployments, integrating EMM/MDM APIs, artifact versioning, test gates, and rollout orchestration.",
        "Led process improvements, wrote design/ops documentation, and published structured status updates, risks, and mitigations; mentored engineers and championed documentation quality.",
        "Impact: Reduced deployment timelines and strengthened Android fleet reliability through policy hardening and lifecycle automation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Enterprise Mobility — Mobility Engineering",
      "position": "Engineer III, Systems",
      "startDate": "2019-04",
      "endDate": "2024-02",
      "location": "St. Louis, MO & (remote/Sacramento, CA)",
      "summary": "Field technology engineer focused on mobility platform reliability and rugged Android experiences.",
      "highlights": [
        "Owned Android lockdown launcher development, releases, policy hardening, and support enablement.",
        "Act as Android Enterprise SME: evaluate devices/OS updates, coordinate security patch cycles, and advise on Managed Google Play, provisioning flows, and compliance posture.",
        "Coordinated device evaluations, security patch cycles, and compliance posture across teams."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Uber — Client Platform Engineering",
      "position": "Engineer II, Systems",
      "startDate": "2017-08",
      "endDate": "2019-01",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "summary": "",
      "highlights": [
        "Owned architecture, upgrades, and deployment processes for VMware AirWatch.",
        "Administered zero-touch enrollment and provisioning workflows for corporate mobile devices.",
        "Designed and implemented BYOD program, compliance and deployment.",
        "Coordinated with cross-platform teams to ensure consistent device posture."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Southwest Airlines (via Genesis10) — Enterprise Mobility Foundation",
      "position": "Consulting Engineer",
      "startDate": "2016-11",
      "endDate": "2017-07",
      "location": "Dallas, TX",
      "summary": "",
      "highlights": [
        "Architected and delivered EMM solutions for rugged and corporate Android deployments.",
        "Served as SME for Android/Android for Work & G Suite; led enterprise app signing and incident response."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ascent Services Group → Albertsons/Safeway / Consulting Engineer",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "2019",
      "endDate": "",
      "location": "",
      "summary": "Implemented Avalanche MDM with Zebra TC51s; built deployment/management plans and coordinated POS app rollout.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Liquid Environmental Solutions, Fleet EMM Engineer",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "2016",
      "endDate": "",
      "location": "",
      "summary": "Led first PeopleNet ↔ SOTI MobiControl integration; authored runbook and coordinated service-network rollout.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Copart, Mobility Engineer",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "2014",
      "endDate": "",
      "location": "",
      "summary": "Scoped global mobility initiative; evaluated devices, platforms, and WLAN upgrades; vendor management.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Enterprise Mobile, Mobility Consultant",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "2010",
      "endDate": "2014",
      "location": "",
      "summary": "Administered AirWatch/MobileIron/SOTI/BES; designed profiles/policies; managed app signing; built knowledge systems.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Samsung Mobile, Contact Center Operations, Technical Trainer",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "1998",
      "endDate": "2006",
      "location": "",
      "summary": "Delivered technical training, authored policies/procedures, and managed contact-center IT projects (LMS, portals, reporting).",
      "highlights": []
    }
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    {
      "name": "Program Leadership",
      "keywords": [
        "Roadmaps",
        "milestones & dependencies",
        "risk/issue management",
        "executive-ready reporting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Enterprise Mobility",
      "keywords": [
        "Android Enterprise",
        "Managed Google Play",
        "VMware AirWatch",
        "MobileIron",
        "SOTI MobiControl",
        "Intune"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Automation & DevOps",
      "keywords": [
        "Jenkins",
        "Python",
        "PowerShell",
        "REST APIs",
        "AWS/Azure",
        "Git",
        "artifact/versioning systems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Documentation & Collaboration",
      "keywords": [
        "Jira/Confluence",
        "MS Office/PowerPoint",
        "runbooks/KBs",
        "architecture diagrams",
        "RCAs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Security & Compliance",
      "keywords": [
        "OS/app update orchestration",
        "policy hardening",
        "provisioning flows",
        "fleet health metrics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Secure Android Lockdown Launcher",
      "description": "Kiosk-style launcher on rugged Android devices, aligning UX, device capabilities, and security policies across multiple business use cases."
    },
    {
      "name": "CI/CD Packaging & Deployment Pipeline",
      "description": "Pipeline to build/sign apps, version artifacts, run automated checks, and deploy via MDM/EMM APIs with staged rollout and auditing."
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Apple Certified Trainer (iPhone/CPU)",
      "studyType": "",
      "area": ""
    },
    {
      "institution": "VMware AirWatch Enterprise Mobility - Professional",
      "studyType": "",
      "area": ""
    },
    {
      "institution": "MobileIron Certified - Administrator & Security Specialist",
      "studyType": "",
      "area": ""
    },
    {
      "institution": "Python, Ruby, Git, Shell - (Codecademy)",
      "studyType": "",
      "area": ""
    },
    {
      "institution": "Wireless Telecommunications — Collin College",
      "studyType": "",
      "area": ""
    }
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  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "summary": "Recognized as internal thought/practice leader for MDM strategy, mentoring, and documentation quality."
    },
    {
      "title": "",
      "summary": "Regular mentor for junior engineers and contributor to cross-team enablement and process improvement."
    }
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