I swear, I’ll get back to regular postings (life has gotten in the way of general, non-work geekiness), but I did want to quickly share my Cisco Live! schedule (click for full-size/readable version):
Zombies! (in Lync, that is…)
This is the story of a fight for survival, and a lesson…be a good steward of your AD environment!
These past few weeks at work have been exciting…we (finally) started the roll-out of the Microsoft Lync IM client! We are starting with the rest of the IT team, just to make sure we catch any bugs, before rolling it out to any non-technical users.
WHOIS ChrisTEK?
Well, here we go…my first foray into “professional” blogging. My next post or two will be on the conference I just attended, Cisco Live, and I’ll probably blog about some current projects I am involved with at my workplace. For now, though, this post will just be about me.
I am *technically* a Systems Administrator for a well-known manufacturing firm on the Oregon coast. While I am normally very public about where I work, I think I will leave it out of this blog, for privacy (and security)’s sake. I am part of a very small team (of three) who are responsible for all of the network, server hardware, storage, and base OS management for three sites (two manufacturing facilities, one sales office). While I have my hand in many of the things my team works on, my primary focus falls to the wired and wireless network, as well as network security, and, over the course of the next month, I will be taking over all telephony and unified communications systems from our virtualization admin.
I have been collecting certifications (er, learning about technology) since I was in high school…in fact, I was a Cisco Certified Networking Associate before I was a high school graduate! Currently, I have my ACMA, CCDA, CCNA Voice, CCNP, CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, MCDST (XP), and my MCSA (2003). My next endeavor (if I can find time before my voucher expires at the end of the month) is my Aruba Certified Mobility Professional, and I will be following that up by beginning to study for my CCIE R&S written exam, which I hope to attempt at Cisco Live 2012 in San Diego.
Most of my thoughts on this site will have a Cisco slant, but don’t be surprised if you see me talk about non-Cisco wireless or unified communications platforms. Specifically, I am working on an Avaya/Microsoft Lync 2010 deployment, which I already have requests to talk about.
Anyway, if you have any questions of me, feel free to drop me a note here, or on Twitter (@kdc824).
~Kellen
P.S. To explain “ChrisTEK” – At my first networking job out of college, my username was “christek”. Not long after, I was considering starting some side work, and I thought it would be a good name for a company, so I registered this domain. Well, there isn’t a very large potential customer base here on the Oregon coast, so I am leaving the consulting idea alone for a while…so now, it’s home to my blog!
