Patrick Vaughan

Patrick Vaughan has a diverse work experience spanning over many years. Currently, they are working as the Director of DevOps at EPIC iO Technologies since 2022. Prior to this, from 2017 to 2021, they held multiple roles at Sentry Data Systems, a Craneware company, including Director of Information Technology and Sr. Manager, Systems Administration. There, they managed Linux systems engineers and achieved significant reductions in open ticket count, new trouble tickets, and ticket resolution time, while also consolidating applications between datacenters to reduce costs.

Before their time at Sentry, Patrick worked as the Manager of Information Technology at Dialog Direct from 2014 to 2017, where they managed backup and systems engineering operations for 7 nation-wide datacenters. Patrick implemented critical RedHat Satellite enterprise solutions and directed standardization of configuration and procedures to improve security, compliance, and availability.

From 2000 to 2014, they held the role of Senior Systems Engineer at Munson Healthcare. Patrick was responsible for coordinating implementation operations, budgeting, solution design, hardware selection, and more for mid-sized implementations of Cerner products and other enterprise systems. Patrick also implemented regular patching, hardware refreshes, and upgrade cycles to maintain high performance and availability.

In addition to these roles, Patrick has experience as an Executive Producer at No Agenda Show in 2012, Senior Systems Engineer at Professional Computer Solutions from 1999 to 2000, Systems Engineer at BlueWare, Inc from 1996 to 1999, and Systems Engineer at VCS Computers from 1994 to 1996. Patrick also worked as a Technician at MBI Computers in 1995. Throughout their career, Patrick has demonstrated expertise in various areas such as PC networks, Linux networks, RS/6000, AS/400, and more. Patrick has also worked with internet services, firewalls, routers, and storage management.

Patrick Vaughan's education history includes attending the IBM PSeries Technical University in 2013 and Orlando College from 1992 to 1995. However, no specific degree or field of study information is provided for these educational experiences. In addition to their education, Patrick has obtained several certifications, including the High Availability for AIX - Technical Support and Administration -v2 from IBM in January 2014, IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 7 from IBM in October 2013, IBM Certified Systems Expert - Virtualization Technical Support for AIX and Linux - v2 from IBM in October 2013, IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 6.1 from IBM in October 2010, Certificate of Proficiency for AIX 5L Installation Backup and System Recovery from IBM in April 2004, IBM eserver Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Administration from IBM in June 2002, IBM Certified Specialist - RS/6000 Solution Sales (pre-2000) from IBM in April 1999, IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4.1 Support from IBM in October 1998, IBM Certified Administrator - Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 from IBM in May 2013, RHCE from Redhat in November 2012, and RHCSA from RedHat in November 2012.