Brian Schwegmann

Principal Technical Support Engineer at Chef Software at Chef

Brian Schwegmann has a diverse work experience spanning across various industries. Brian began their career in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, where they served as a System Administrator, responsible for Linux and Sun Solaris server administration. Brian also worked as a Web Developer during their time there.

In 2013, Brian joined W2O Group as a Devops Engineer. In this role, they managed web servers and server stacks using Chef and Ansible on Amazon and Rackspace cloud hosts. Brian utilized Kanban methodology to support Agile software development and built and maintained deployment pipelines for continuous integration.

In 2016, Brian transitioned to Civitas Learning as a Senior Cloud Engineer. Here, they worked with SaltStack for configuration management and utilized Jenkins and Bamboo for continuous integration and deployment. Brian also played a crucial role in migrating a subsidiary from Rackspace to AWS.

Brian's most recent work experience is with Progress Chef, where they joined in 2019. Brian initially served as a Senior Support Engineer, specializing in troubleshooting Chef software products for enterprise customers. Currently, Brian holds the position of Principal Technical Support Engineer, providing in-depth technical support for Chef Software.

Overall, Brian Schwegmann's work experience showcases their expertise in system administration, web development, DevOps, and technical support.

Brian Schwegmann attended The University of Kansas from 1986 to 1997, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Environmental Studies. In addition to their formal education, they obtained the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in February 2017.

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