This blog is called Infrastructure Never Sleeps and is written by me, Chris Halstead.
I have been working in technology since the early 1990s, starting out as a programmer/analyst in the U.S. Army writing JCL and COBOL for an IBM 4381-based CTASC-I system. The bulk of my career since then has been spent in the technology infrastructure space - engineering, deploying, and maintaining servers, storage, and networking gear, or leading teams that do so. Over the span of my career I’ve also spent time writing software in C/C++, Perl, Java, and Python, building automation systems, contributing to systems architecture, and otherwise helping to solve difficult technology problems. Up until early 2024 I led technology teams in progressively larger roles, culminating in my tenure as Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Services at Starbucks Coffee Company. I retired from Starbucks in March of 2024, and am now a Chief Technology Advisor at St. Louis-based World Wide Technology (WWT), focusing on retail sector clients and the Infrastructure, Cloud, and Data spaces. Prior to Starbucks and WWT (and after eight years in the Army), I held both individual contributor and leadership positions at John H. Harland Co., Delta Air Lines, Amazon, and SourceLabs.
A more detailed listing of my previous roles and responsibilities is available through my LinkedIn profile, or via my resume.
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Affiliations
As stated in the disclaimer on the front page, all of the opinions and views expressed on this blog are my own. Neither my employer nor any other affiliated organization necessarily share or approve of any viewpoint presented here.
I am currently or previously affiliated with the following groups/associations:
- I am a member in good standing of Infrastructure Masons
- I am a member in good standing of the Internet Society
- I have contributed to Customer Advisory or Executive Advisory Boards for Microsoft Azure, NetApp, Google Cloud Business Application Platform, and Palo Alto Networks