Chris Backer

Chris Backer has a diverse work experience spanning several years. Chris started their career in 2001 as a Grocery Stocker at Hy Vee and worked in this role until January 2006. Chris then joined Lloyd Companies as a Computer IT Specialist in January 2005. In this role, they were responsible for migrating servers to new hardware/software and managing the hosted PBX environment. Chris also dealt with key card access for buildings managed by the company. Chris worked at Lloyd Companies until June 2015.

After that, Chris joined EarthBend in June 2015 as a Solutions Engineer. Chris held this position until August 2017, during which they played a vital role in the company by providing technical solutions and expertise. Chris then moved on to High Point Networks in August 2017, where they currently work as a Network Engineer. The details of their role in this position are not provided, but it can be inferred that they are involved in network engineering tasks.

Chris Backer attended Southeast Tech from 2004 to 2007, where they obtained a degree in Computer System Administration. The field of study for this degree is not provided. In terms of additional certifications, Chris obtained the Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator certification from Palo Alto Networks in July 2021. Chris also received the Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 4: Certified Professional certification from Fortinet in December 2021. In addition, Chris obtained the Juniper Networks Certified Associate - Junos (JNCIA-Junos) certification from Juniper Networks in September 2020, the SonicWall Network Security Administrator certification from SonicWall in October 2020, and the Aruba Certified ClearPass Professional V6.5 (ACCP) certification from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, although the specific month and year are not provided for this certification. Lastly, Chris is scheduled to obtain the SonicWall Network Security Professional certification from SonicWall in February 2023.