Christopher Flinders CDCMP, DCIE

Christopher Flinders has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Christopher began their career as a Technical Support Engineer and MAC Guru at startup ISP ZoomNet. At EarthLink, they served as a Network Operations Center (NOC) Technician, troubleshooting network and service outages and coordinating with departments and vendors. Christopher later became a Data Center Engineer, providing support for data centers and backup systems. Christopher then joined CenturyLink (formerly Savvis Inc.) as a Data Center Specialist, responsible for ensuring compliance with data security standards and conducting audits.

In 2013, Christopher joined Tanner Health System as a Data Center & Enterprise Technology Manager, where they led teams supporting servers, virtualization, networking, storage, backup & recovery, and disaster recovery in a healthcare services environment. Christopher also played a key role in building and developing the data center team.

Currently, Christopher is at iVision, where they have held multiple roles. Christopher started as a Senior Manager, Engineering, accountable for managing teams supporting data center engineering, network engineering, digital workspace engineering, public cloud administration, security engineering, BaaS/DRaaS, and patch & compliance management. Christopher was then promoted to Director of Managed Services Operations.

Throughout their career, Christopher has demonstrated expertise in various technologies, including servers, virtualization, storage, networking, security, and cloud administration. Christopher has a track record of leading teams, implementing procedures, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Christopher Flinders CDCMP, DCIE has a diverse education history in the field of computer science and information technology. In 2015, they obtained a Level 5 degree in Computer Science from Pearson College London. Christopher also received certifications such as the Certified Data Center Management Professional (CDCMP) from CNet Training and Data Center Engineering Specialist (DCES), Data Center Infrastructure Expert (DCIE), and Data Center Infrastructure Specialist (DCIS) from IDCA - International Data Center Authority in 2017.

Before enrolling in Pearson College London, Christopher's education history is not specified in terms of years or degrees obtained, but they pursued studies in Computer Science at Marshall University and Information Technology at Sierra College.

In addition to their academic qualifications, Christopher has obtained various certifications. These include the Fundamentals of Supervision and Management - Level 1 from The University of Georgia in 2021, Imprivata Certified Engineer (ICE) from Imprivata, Information Technology Business Manager Certification (ITBMC) from Belmont University, Tanner Leadership Institute from Tanner Health System, Server+ and Network+ from CompTIA, Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician and Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft, A+ from CompTIA, Certified Bitcoin Professional from CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4), Certified Data Center Management Professional (CDCMP) from CNet Training, Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA from Cisco, and ITS Installer I from BICSI.

Overall, Christopher Flinders CDCMP, DCIE has a comprehensive education history and a wide range of certifications in computer science, information technology, data center management, and related fields.