Upgrading the university network edge to 100G, adding direct 10G connections to AWS, Azure, and GCP, and providing private peerings to major content providers.
Leading the project to evaluate replacing our client and data center networks with a software defined architecture.
Designing a parallel network to be NIST-800-171 compliant.
Working to support our medical, research, and students so they can focus on studies, treating patients, and finding solutions for the COVID-19 crisis.
Family
Raising 2 teenage kids:
Starting the process of university selections for the oldest.
Helping my youngest succeed as a freshman in high school.
Teaching my 15 year old to drive.
Supporting my wife (and family) as she battles stage 4 breast cancer:
Right now everything is mostly normal. She is receiving chemo therapy every week and tolerating it fairly well.
My son and I are preparing for a 100 mile backpacking trip with the Boy Scouts at Philmont in 2022.
Hobbies
Run, walk, or strength train everyday.
I cut back running significantly because of Osgood-Schlatter disease. PT and limited miles is slowly helping, but not fast enough. Running was a big part of my daily routine.
Reading or listening to books:
Currently reading:
Being Geek
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire
Recently finished (2021):
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America
The Darkest Web (far too dark, most people don’t need to know this exists on the Internet)
Wild
Dark Matter
Ready Player Two
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (No, I have never read this book before)
American Kingpin
Recursion
Why Buddhism is True
Being Mortal
A Promised Land
Bossy Pants
Becoming
Nerdy stuff:
My hobby life revolves around Internet technology.