Charles Blackard

Charles Blackard is a DevSecOps Engineer at Zaden Technologies since 2022. Prior to this, they were a Cloud Ops Engineer (System Engineer IV) and Support Engineer at Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure from 2018 to 2022. Charles was also a Freelance Web Developer from 2018 to 2021. From 2016 to 2018, they were a Web Assistant at the University of North Alabama, where they used Git to communicate with the main server for the off campus organizations and used a CMS (Cascade) to maintain and update on-campus webpages. From 2014 to 2015, they were a Sales Consultant at Best Buy, where they provided a sound customer experience and had to have knowledge on all of the products within the store and online. Additionally, from 2015 to 2018, they were a Web Developer at Kabel Hearing, LLC, where they developed and maintained the redesigned company website, implemented and configured the company server and network, and implemented and updated the company database.

Charles Blackard obtained their Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of North Alabama in 2018. In 2020, they obtained the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Certification from Microsoft.