Les Pendleton III

Les Pendleton III has extensive experience in software engineering and system administration, currently serving as Software Eng IV-Tech Support and IBM MQ Administrator at Verizon since February 2007. Responsibilities include architectural design, implementation, and performance tuning of large-scale IBM MQ deployments, managing 600 queue managers and approximately 300 servers. Prior to this role, Les worked as a QA Analyst at DECISION CONSULTANTS, INC., focusing on system validation and stress testing for a client/server application, and held various technical support and system administration positions at Verizon from October 2004 to February 2007, overseeing server operations and disaster recovery plans. Les earned an Associate's Degree from St. Petersburg Junior College and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of South Florida.