Professional Biography

For over twenty years I’ve worked as a professional computer scientist with a focus on Linux systems administration. Within systems administration, my focus has been the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, and configuration management solutions supported by in-depth experience with cloud, container, and virtualization toolsets.

I’m currently the DevSecOps principal and a Linux systems administrator with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information. This position has allowed me to work with developers, information scientists, archivists, and librarian peers. Together we play a key role in the DOE’s mission of the collection, preservation, protection, and dissemination of scientific and technical information along with collected historic records.

Previously, I was with the team working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) bioinformatics and high-performance scientific computing (HPC) group. This position returned me to an environment HPC/cluster computing, large data management, and the specialized technologies and practices needed to supporting researchers and data scientists.

In other positions I’ve held multiple roles with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) Systems Operations group at the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) and also a part of the Research and Development group supporting the Neutron Sciences Directorate’s research programs at the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor.

While with the University of Tennessee’s National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) Systems Operations group I held a management role with the NSF-funded Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) project while also maintaining a role of infrastructure team lead and HPC systems manager.

Recently I completed my Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) [Go Jags!] with a specialization in academic librarianship. This furthers my lifelong goals of enhancing my understanding of knowledge and information, design and application of formal research methods, facilitated learning experiences, and most importantly the preservation and extension of the core practices and ideals of traditional academic librarianship.