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I'm a Platform and DevOps Engineer with more than a decade of experience making software…
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Ascend Technologies
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Public Speaker
Spiceworks
- Present 7 years 6 months
Science and Technology
Presented at the 2018 Spiceworld Conference in Austin, Texas on the topics of balancing Security and Functionality, as well as maintaining healthy work/life balance.
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Co-Founder
Philly Warmth
- Present 18 years 5 months
Poverty Alleviation
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Photographer
LUNGevity Foundation
- 1 year 1 month
Health
Photograph Full Event, process all photos, and provide to art team for use by the organization.
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Photographer
The Chester County Half Marathon & Memorial 5k
- Present 9 years 11 months
Health
Photograph event from start to finish, process all photos, and provide them to event staff for use.
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Speaker at 2018 Spiceworks' Spiceworld Conference on Balancing Security and Healthy Life Balance
Presented at the 2018 Spiceworld Conference in Austin, Texas on the topics of balancing Security and Functionality, as well as maintaining healthy work/life balance.
Recording to be added upon availability
Slide Deck and other info available at: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2168633-security-vs-functionality-a-sysadmin-s-guide-slides-links
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Association for Computing Machinery
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