Summary
Travis Michette is a Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience designing and operating high-availability systems, now focused on automation pipelines and custom lab environments for Red Hat Training. He brings deep expertise in Linux systems, virtualization (Red Hat, VMware), computational cluster design, and VDI deployments, backed by an RHCA and multiple Red Hat and VMware certifications. His background spans government procurement and enterprise operations to running a municipal cable/FTTH network, giving him uncommon cross-domain experience in infrastructure, networking, and service delivery. At Red Hat he paired instructor and consulting roles with engineering work, translating course content needs into on-demand, automated lab solutions. Travis holds MS and BS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from West Virginia University and has a strong track record of creating training materials and operational tooling that bridge classroom and production environments. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic system integration and resilient architectures that scale from lab to field deployments.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PBHS
MS, Electrical Engineering, MS, Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University