About Me

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I consider the opportunity to learn something new every day to be one of the greatest gifts in life. Ideal for a career in technology!

Every day I set a goal to learn something new.

I credit my start, like many others have, with formal education – a Telecommunications Technician Certificate, followed shortly after with a Bachelor of Science – Computer Science degree.

It was the B.Sc. degree that really laid the foundation, and I was fortunate that my university offered a co-op work study program, which got my foot in the door. I started with two work-terms as a Systems Administrator on a DEC 11/785, and another term working on a Canada wide data network.

From there, worked my way into an Operations job, slinging reel-to-reel tapes on an IBM 4381 mainframe and completing the degree part-time. While in this Operations job, IBM released AIX, and brought a demo RS/6000 unit onsite to our data center. Nobody else wanted to do much with it at the time, so I wrangled my way into getting access, read everything I could find on AIX, and started the next phase of my career working with IBM AIX systems.

I’ve worked with many different companies, either direct or as a consultant, and many individuals from around the Globe. I have traveled throughout America, to all 50 states, and have lived in several. My career has spanned across many industries: Government, Retail, Financial, Health Care, Manufacturing, Entertainment, and Utilities.

It’s had its share of exciting days as well… a data center gone dark, a storage outage impacting multiple hospitals, or being called to a company missing payroll due to a crit-sit with a newly installed system.

The career has provided a path to learn all sorts of technologies, to impact many businesses, and to learn from, mentor and lead others.

Every day, I continue to look forward to learning something new.

Formal Education

  • Bachelor of Science – Computer Science, University of Regina, Canada
  • Certificate in Computer Science, University of Regina, Canada
  • Telecommunications Technician Certificate, Wascana Institute, Regina, Canada

Professional Certifications, Badges, and Training

Ansible

  • A Cloud Guru – Ansible Quick Start
  • A Cloud Guru – Introduction to Ansible

AWS

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate – Certification – AWS
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (Second Edition) – AWS
  • Linux Academy – AWS Concepts
  • Linux Academy – AWS Essentials
  • Linux Academy – AWS Security Essentials
  • Linux Academy – AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level
  • Linux Academy – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C02

Azure

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Certification (AZ-900)
  • A Cloud Guru – AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • A Cloud Guru – AZ-900 Foundational Cloud Concepts
  • A Cloud Guru – AZ-900 Identity, Deployment, and Management
  • A Cloud Guru – AZ-900 Azure Architecture and Services
  • A Cloud Guru – Introduction to Cloud Computing
  • A Cloud Guru – Introduction to Azure
  • A Cloud Guru – Azure Concepts
  • A Cloud Guru – Introduction to Azure DevOps
  • A Cloud Guru – Identity and Access Management for Azure
  • A Cloud Guru – Azure PowerShell Essentials
  • A Cloud Guru – AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Prep

Docker

  • Docker Certified Associate
  • Docker Sales Professional
  • Docker Technical Sales Professional
  • IBM Docker Foundation Technology 1 – IBM Power Systems
  • Linux Academy – Docker Certified Associate Prep Course
  • Linux Academy – Docker Deep Dive
  • Docker For Enterprise Operations
  • Docker Fundamentals
  • IBM Docker Foundation Technology 1 IBM POWER Systems – SSE Enhancing Workload and Capacity Management on Power Systems
  • IBM Docker Essentials for Power Systems

IBM

  • IBM Certified Solution Architect Cloud Platform Solution V2
  • IBM Docker Foundation Technology 1 – IBM POWER SYSTEMS
  • IBM POWER SYSTEMS Cloud Private
  • IBM SYSTEMS Sales Foundations POWER9 Business Partner Cloud V1
  • IBM SYSTEMS Sales Foundations POWER9 Business Partner Sales V1
  • IBM Cloud Private Installation and Configuration
  • IBM Cloud Private Installation and Configuration High Availability
  • Hyperconverged Systems powered by Nutanix – Level 1 (BP)
  • Hyperconverged Systems powered by Nutanix – Level 2 (BP)
  • IBM Cloud Private (ICP) Level 1
  • POWER9 AC922 Level 2
  • Power9 Enterprise Servers Level 2
  • IBM POWER9 Family Level 1
  • POWER9 Scale Out Servers Level 2
  • IBM Certified System Administrator – PureApplication System V2.0
  • IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert – Power Systems with AIX v3
  • IBM Certified Specialist – XIV Storage System Technical Solutions
  • IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX 7
  • IBM Certified Systems Expert – High Availability for AIX Technical Support and Administration -v2
  • IBM Certified Specialist – High-End Disk for Open Systems V2
  • IBM Certified ADP – IBM Service Management Tivoli Storage Management V4
  • IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Tivoli Storage Manager Fastback V6.1.1
  • IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3
  • IBM Certified Solution Advisor – Tivoli Storage Solutions V3
  • IBM Certified Specialist – Storwize V7000 Technical Solutions V1
  • IBM Certified Systems Expert – Enterprise Technical Support for AIX and Linux – v2
  • IBM Certified Systems Expert – Virtualization Technical Support for AIX and Linux – v2
  • IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V4.2
  • IBM Certified Technical Sales Expert – Power Systems with POWER7 – v1
  • IBM Certified Technical Sales Specialist – Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i – v1
  • IBM Certified System Administrator – WebSphere Commerce V7.0
  • IBM WebSphere Portal Technical Sales Professional v3
  • IBM Certified Technical Sales Specialist – Power Systems with POWER7 and AIX – v1
  • IBM Certified Systems Expert – High Availability for AIX Technical Support and Administration
  • IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX 6.1
  • IBM Certified Deployment Professional – Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1
  • IBM Certified Systems Expert – eServer p5 and pSeries Enterprise Technical Support AIX 5L V5.3
  • IBM eserver Certified Systems Expert – pSeries Enterprise Technical Support
  • IBM Certified Specialist – eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L V5.3
  • IBM Certified Specialist – AIX HACMP
  • IBM Certified Specialist – AIX V4.1 Systems Administration
  • IBM Certified Specialist – RS/6000 SP
  • IBM Docker Foundation Technology 1 IBM POWER Systems – SSE Enhancing Workload and Capacity Management on Power Systems
  • IBM Advanced Technical Support Master Program 2013
  • IBM Power Systems running Linux – Getting started – LX21
  • IBM PureApplication Pattern Bootcamp
  • IBM Docker Essentials for Power Systems

Java

  • Coursera – Introduction to Java
  • Coursera – Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java

Jenkins

  • Jenkins Certified Engineer – Certification – Jenkins / Cloudbees
  • A Cloud Guru – Jenkins Pipelines
  • A Cloud Guru – Jenkins Quick Start
  • A Cloud Guru – Jenkins Administration
  • A Cloud Guru – Introduction to Jenkins
  • A Cloud Guru – Jenkins Fundamentals
  • A Cloud Guru – Certified Jenkins Engineer
  • LinkedIn Learning – Jenkins Essential Training
  • LinkedIn Learning – Learning Jenkins
  • LinkedIn Learning – Running Jenkins on AWS

Puppet

  • Puppet Fundamentals
  • Puppet Practitioner

Red Hat

  • Red Hat 7 – Red Hat System Administration I – RH124
  • Red Hat 7 – Red Hat System Administration II – RH134
  • Linux Academy Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200) – RHCSA Exam Prep
  • Red Hat 6 – Red Hat System Administration I – RH124
  • Red Hat 6 – Red Hat System Administration II – RH135

Terraform

  • A Cloud Guru – Using Terraform to Manage Applications and Infrastructure

Udacity

  • Udacity Front End Web Developer Nanodegree
  • Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree
  • Udacity AI Programming in Python Nanodegree
  • Udacity HTML5 Canvas
  • Udacity Introduction to JavaScript
  • Udacity Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Udacity ES6 – JavaScript Improved
  • Udacity JavaScript and the DOM
  • Udacity JavaScript Testing
  • Udacity JavaScript Promises
  • Udacity Asynchronous JavaScript Requests

Udemy

  • Angular – The Complete Guide (2021 Edition)
  • WordPress for Beginners – Create a Website Step by Step