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About

Me

Born in Louisiana

  • moved to Abilene, TX @ 4 years old

  • moved to Bakersfield, CA @ 8 years old

  • moved to Baton Rouge, LA @ 12 years old

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

 

RACKSPACE HOSTING

  • Hired July 23, 2007
  • Managed Monitoring Founding Member
  • Managed Support
    • 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

ALSO...

  • 3 Year Support Fundamentals Onboarding Instructor
    • I had the privilege of onboarding ~2000 Rackers!
  • Industry Conference/Convention Speaker since 2013
    • ​ChefConf, RedHat Summit, OpenStack Summit, AnsibleFest
  • Rack Gives Back Board Member since 2014
  • POWER Member since 2013
  • CyberPatriot Program Manager since 2012
    • Mentoring city wide high school teams for competition
  • FIRST Robotics Captain & Certified Referee since 2013
    • Volunteering for Rackspace sponsored and hosted events

 

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