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San Antonio, Texas Area United States
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Principal Architect at Rackspace
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Technology / Software / Internet
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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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Eric Schmidt
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LFNW2014 Advanced Security Features of Xen Project Hypervisor
The Linux Foundation
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11 years ago
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volvent
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11 years ago
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
information security
openstack
linux
open source
ansible
cloud
fedora
impostor syndrome
software testing
kernel
public speaking
community
python
virtualization
networking
information technology
happiness
continuous integration
servers
storage
data
hosting
gitlab
hos
jenkins
technology
technical talk
emotions
coworkers
workplace
tech talk
presentation
change
yaml
information se
kubernetes
application
development
burnout
mental health
See more