Major Hayden

San Antonio, Texas Area United States

Principal Architect at Rackspace

Technology / Software / Internet

I'm a specialist in Linux, virtualization, OpenStack, and information security. I have experience leading highly technical people, managing budgets, and communicating with large groups. I've done DevOps before DevOps existed. As the Chief Security Architect for Rackspace, I led critical and expansive information security projects that have impacts across the business. Much of my time was spent building strategic technical roadmaps for improving security but I also took time to research new security trends and new ways to improve the user experience. My career started in the back of ambulances providing pre-hospital care to patients in distress as well as critical patient transport be...