Summary
Damien Eversmann is a Principal Chief Architect at Red Hat with 17 years of experience designing and modernizing IT for government and higher education. He has progressed from developer and system administrator to enterprise architect and technology director, bringing practical delivery experience across desktop widgets to multi-tier web APIs. Known for evangelizing Digital Transformation, Damien blends DevOps culture, application modernization, and enterprise automation with a talent for teaching and live demonstration. His career includes leading architecture and CI/CD initiatives across the UC system and guiding Kuali-based higher-education implementations, earning recognition for pragmatic, standards-driven solutions. Based in Chicago, he pairs deep public-sector domain knowledge with hands-on modernization chops and a penchant for turning complex institutional requirements into auditable, maintainable systems.
17 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
MS Engineering - Software and Information Systems, MS Engineering - Software and Information Systems at The University of Toledo
High School Diploma College Prep, High School Diploma College Prep at St. Xavier High School
English