Chris Denneen

Chris Denneen has over 20 years of experience in various roles in the field of systems engineering and administration. Chris has worked for companies such as The Associated Press, Onsite Access LLC, and Fortunecity.com.

At The Associated Press, Chris worked as the Director of Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering, where they focused on improving efficiency, automation, and availability of services using emerging technologies. Chris also managed configuration management and implemented new pipeline workflows.

Prior to this role, Chris held positions such as Services Reliability Engineer/Evangelist, Manager Core Application Services, and Team Lead - Core Application Support, Senior Systems Engineer, where they led teams and implemented Puppet Enterprise for global configuration management.

During their time at Onsite Access LLC, Chris worked as a System Administrator, rolling out Linux Admin/Monitoring Servers and administering a Solaris and Linux environment.

At Fortunecity.com, they served as a System Administrator, responsible for the administration of Solaris servers and configuring Cisco Local Director for web traffic load balancing.

Overall, Chris Denneen has a strong background in systems engineering and administration, with experience in implementing new technologies, managing teams, and ensuring the availability and efficiency of services.

Chris Denneen attended the State University of New York - Jamestown Community College from 2006 to 2007, studying Computer Information Systems. Prior to that, they studied at Sachem from 1994 to 1998, but the field of study is unspecified. In addition to their education, Chris has obtained several certifications, including Puppet Certified Professional in 2017 and 2016 from Puppet, as well as a Certificate of Completion in Leadership Skills and Team Development in 2015 from the American Management Association.