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Born in Louisiana
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moved to Abilene, TX @ 4 years old
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moved to Bakersfield, CA @ 8 years old
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moved to Baton Rouge, LA @ 12 years old
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ATTENDED L.S.U.
B.S. Electrical Engineering Minor: Math
B.S. Computer Engineering Minor: Physics
Through college years, and for several after, I found my life inside kitchens. Ten years in total, I worked from line cook to executive chef; from bar and grill to fine dining.
CHEF'S LIFE
THEN
CAME
COMPUTERS
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RACKSPACE HOSTING
- Hired July 23, 2007
- Managed Monitoring Founding Member
- Managed Support
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- Linux Adminstrator I - 3rd Shift
- UK After Hours Founding Member
- Lin.L2/Win.L2 Administrator- 3rd Shift
- Managed Cloud Founding Member
- LinL2/WinL2 Administrator - 3rd Shift
- Cloud Team Lead - 2nd Shift
- RU Senior Technical Linux Instructor
- RU Technical Trainer IV - Dev|Ops Sensei
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ALSO...
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3 Year Support Fundamentals Onboarding Instructor
- I had the privilege of onboarding ~2000 Rackers!
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Industry Conference/Convention Speaker since 2013
- ChefConf, RedHat Summit, OpenStack Summit, AnsibleFest
- Rack Gives Back Board Member since 2014
- POWER Member since 2013
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CyberPatriot Program Manager since 2012
- Mentoring city wide high school teams for competition
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FIRST Robotics Captain & Certified Referee since 2013
- Volunteering for Rackspace sponsored and hosted events
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