Open Source Enthusiast, Advocate, and general FOSS Maniac who enjoys web architecture, technology, and solutions. A hacker and developer who fell down the slippery slope of a "Systems Architect" job. Over 15 years of professional experience in the IT industry, including as Systems Architect for an industry-leading Fortune 100 company. Big on Cloud Strategies and Solutions (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS).

Now making my living coding PHP and loving every minute of it. I am also one of the organizers of the San Diego PHP User Group SDPHP (https://www.sdphp.org) and the San Diego Laravel Usr Group (https://www.sdlug.com)

Somewhat of a scripting language and framework junkie. Ruby, Rails, Python, Django, Go, and even BASH but with a main strength are around PHP and the Laravel framework. A husband and father x2 with an abiding love of Scotch and Baseball.