Women In Linux Podcast

Timothy Serewicz is Senior Instructor and Curriculum Developer at The Linux Foundation. With almost 20 years of experience working with the latest technologies including Cloud, NoSQL and Hadoop, he has trained countless professionals in their use. He currently maintains the Kubernetes Administration and OpenStack Administration courses among others. In addition to The Linux Foundation, Tim is a certified trainer for Red Hat, Couchbase, MapR, Oracle University, and other startups.Additional Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serewicz__________Classes Tim teaches and developed for The Linux Foundation https://training.linuxfoundation.org/ :Kubernetes- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-administration/ (LFS458)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-fundamentals/- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-for-app-developers/ (LFD459)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-for-developers/ (LFD259)OpenStack- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/essentials-of-openstack-administration/ (LFS452)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/openstack-administration-fundamentals/Open Source Virtualization- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/open-source-virtualization/ (LFS462)Service Mesh for Kubernetes with Envoy, Istio and Linkerd - Coming Soon - In Development (LFS243)Free courses on emerging technology, like Kubernetes, blockchain and others- https://www.edx.org/school/linuxfoundationx

Amy Rich has been an Ops person for over 25 years at a variety of companies, helped ship Firefox to hundreds of millions of users, owned her own consulting business, helped organize multiple conferences for USENIX, and written professionally on the topic of UNIX systems administration. In her head, she frames what she loves about her job as "bringing order from chaos."  Amy values being able to use her technical and professional skills to make a positive difference in the world.These days her job title reads "Director of Engineering" at Nuna, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association. In her spare time she’s a board/card game addict, Star Wars LEGO nerd, horrible guitar player, fan of music, books, and movies, and enjoy taking pictures of the places traveled.Additional Links: Leadership & Management Educational Recommendations- https://goo.gl/f3x5xtGeneral Management Resources by Amy Rich - https://goo.gl/s7P4Lp

Ithan Payne is in the business of providing creative brand identity, advertising and graphic design. Ithan is a self-taught graphic designer with over 20 years working in international multimedia, marketing and print design. Join us as we discuss his journey and tools needed to pursue a career in Visual Design. Additional Links: Website: www.IthanPayneCreative.comInstagram: @ithanpaynecreative

Vladimir Vivien is a software engineer and technical author. Vladimir has work in diverse industries including technology, publishing, financial, and healthcare. After years of building enterprise systems using Java, Vladimir came to Go for its simplicity and stayed for its concurrency and fast build time. Vladimir continues to use Go as his primary language to build and create open source software. Additional Links: Blog: https://medium.com/@vladimirvivienTwitter: @vladimirvivienBooks from Vladimir Vivien: https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/authors/vladimir-vivien- Learning Go Programming- Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects- JavaFX 1.2 Application Development

Derrick Thomas is currently a Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where he performs IT security audits for internal clients. Derrick is also an adjunct professor of information technology at South University. He is a graduate of the University of Tampa with a BS in Management Information Systems, a Masters in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a JD in law from Stetson College of Law. Derrick also various technical certifications such as Network+, iNet+, Security+, Cloud+, CISSP, GMOB, CIPT and CIPP/US certification.Derrick’s technology career includes IBM, AT&T, GE, Citigroup, and Accenture. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Amnesty International, President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of (ISC)2, Chairperson for B-Sides Tampa and the Co-Chair of IAPP Central Florida Knowledgenet. Derrick’s hobbies include tinkering with electronics, breaking stuff, traveling, cooking and doing CrossFit. Additional Links: Website: http://bsidestampa.net/Twitter: @BSidesTampa(ISC)² Tampa Bay: http://isc2chapter-tampabay.org