Joining Ansible Team at Red Hat

 Posted on 2018-06-25  |  5 minutes  |  939 words  |  Chris Short

tl;dr “It is with great pleasure that I announce I am joining the Ansible team at Red Hat as Principal Product Marketing Manager.” In The Beginning… In 1998, I was working at a dial-up ISP in Hickory, NC. We were heavily invested in Windows and needed to reduce costs and increase speed. My CEO at the time had the foresight to know that Linux was the future. She hired two engineers to transform the business into a Red Hat Linux based ISP. [Read More]
red hat  ansible  linux  devops  usaf 

Baltimore Go June Meeting - Go to the Rescue: Saving DevOps from TLS Turmoil

 Posted on 2018-06-08  |  1 minutes  |  183 words  |  Chris Short

I was in the DC metro area when I received an e-mail about the Baltimore Go Meetup happening on June 5th. Since I was nearby, I decided to go ahead and RSVP to the event. I mentioned this on Twitter and shortly thereafter Johnny Boursiquot wondered if I could speak. Sign up for DevOps'ish! DevOps'ish is a weekly newsletter covering DevOps, Cloud Native, Open Source, and the 'ish between. Of course I said yes. [Read More]
speaking  talks  devops  go  golang  baltimore  tls 

DevNationFederal 2018: DevOps is Not War

 Posted on 2018-06-07  |  2 minutes  |  248 words  |  Chris Short

Red Hat invited me to speak at DevNationFederal. The organizers requested I present my DevOps is Not War talk to technologists in the Washington DC area. This crowd is a group of folks that are at varying points in their DevOps journeys. Many folks from government agencies and systems integrators were present. Sign up for DevOps'ish! DevOps'ish is a weekly newsletter covering DevOps, Cloud Native, Open Source, and the 'ish between. [Read More]
speaking  talks  devops  devnationfederal  war  cloud  red hat 

DevOpsDays Toronto 2018: What the Military Taught Me About DevOps

 Posted on 2018-06-01  |  2 minutes  |  361 words  |  Chris Short

I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at DevOpsDays Toronto. This was my first trip into Canada and I have to admit, it was amazing! The city of Toronto is a very diverse city teeming with culture. The speaker dinner was at a wonderful restaurant Eastern Mediterrean restaurant, Byblos. If you are ever in Toronto, I suggest you go to Byblos and get the Turkish Manti Dumplings. I don’t typically enjoy eggplant but these dumplings are superb! [Read More]
speaking  talks  devops  devopsdays  toronto  military 

ChefConf 2018: DevOps is Not War

 Posted on 2018-05-29  |  2 minutes  |  224 words  |  Chris Short

If you read DevOps’ish, you already know I spoke at ChefConf 2018. I was able to meet 1,400 new friends while I was in Chicago (not really but kinda). I presented my talk, DevOps is Not War to a standing room only audience. Sign up for DevOps'ish! DevOps'ish is a weekly newsletter covering DevOps, Cloud Native, Open Source, and the 'ish between. From a speaker’s perspective, I have never felt more prepared for a talk. [Read More]
speaking  talks  devops  chefconf  war  cloud 

DevOps Hiring Guide

 Posted on 2018-05-16  |  1 minutes  |  161 words  |  Chris Short

The opensource.com DevOps Community and The Enterprisers Project teamed up to create the quintessential guide to hiring for DevOps talent. I contributed the Introduction and the article, “DevOps hiring strategies to attract top talent”. This was a significant amount of work from all parties and I love how quickly and beautifully it came together. Hats off to Jason Hibbets and the folks at Red Hat that helped put this together. [Read More]
DevOps  job  hiring 

AWS Michigan: Heaven is Not a Cloud

 Posted on 2018-04-30  |  1 minutes  |  169 words  |  Chris Short

I recently spoke at AWS Michigan about cloud migrations. The talk wasn’t AWS specific but we sure did talk about it a ton. From defining cloud to addressing priorities to preventing cost overruns we covered a lot during the meetup. I was peppered with questions by a lively audience. After speaking on stage at DevOpsDays Atlanta 2018, there was this awkward moment for me when the first question was asked. [Read More]
devops  AWS  Michigan  talks  cloud