Chris P.

Chris P. has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. They have worked as an Instructor, Course Author, and Forum Moderator at The Linux Foundation since 2018. In 2019, Chris founded NQB8 Cloud Tech Consulting and served as the CEO. Prior to that, from 2017 to 2021, they worked as a Cloud Solutions Designer in the consulting industry.

From 2011 to 2015, Chris worked at Accenture as an Integration Specialist, where they designed a distributed messaging middleware solution and led a team during the development of a custom Message Broker application. They also served as a WebSphere MQ Series Administrator and designed a highly available Enterprise IBM Tivoli Monitoring solution.

Before entering the technology field, Chris worked as a Commercial Landscaping Construction Estimator at Christy Webber Landscapes from 2008 to 2010. They secured new construction projects and trained new employees. From 2004 to 2008, Chris worked as a Residential and Small Commercial Real Estate Appraiser at PRIME APPRAISAL SERVICES, INC.

Additionally, Chris has experience as a Language Specialist at Online Interpreters / Language Line Services from 2001 to 2003, and as a Testing Coordinator at City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College from 1997 to 2001. Overall, Chris P. has a strong background in technology, consulting, construction, real estate, and education.

Chris P. completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Northeastern Illinois University, starting in 2009 and finishing in 2011. Afterward, their education history is unclear. They have additional certifications, such as being a Course Maintainer from The Linux Foundation since January 2023, a Course Developer from The Linux Foundation since June 2019, a CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) from CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) since March 2019, a CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) from CNCF since February 2019, an AWS CSA-Associate (Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect – Associate) from Amazon Web Services since October 2017, and a CompTIA Cloud+ ce certification from CompTIA since May 2017. They also possess other certifications, such as a Certificate of Excellence in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus server advanced installation, received from Linux Expert, and an Honor Code Certificate in LFS101x.2: Introduction to Linux, obtained from The Linux Foundation.