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San Antonio, Texas Area United States
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Principal Architect at Rackspace
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major.io/
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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...
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Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
San Antonio, Texas Area United States
Occupation
Principal Architect at Rackspace
Industry
Technology / Software / Internet
Website
major.io/
About
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...
Tags
security
openstack
information security
linux
ansible
open source
cloud
fedora
impostor syndrome
software testing
kernel
python
virtualization
public speaking
community
networking
jenkins
gitlab
continuous integration
happiness
coworkers
workplace
mental health
burnout
development
application
kubernetes
information se
yaml
change
presentation
tech talk
emotions
technical talk
technology
information technology
servers
storage
data
hosting
hos
See more