Craig is passionate about solving problems with the right tools. He has over 20 years of software development experience with large enterprises and small startups on everything from search engines to fighter jets. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science with extensive experience in AWS, microservices, and artificial intelligence. Craig enjoys teaching and mentoring others so they can save time and accomplish their goals faster.
Jeff Hopper is a technologist with over 20 years of experience across several development stacks and business domains. He has enjoyed many of those years focusing on the .Net stack for both web and mobile development. His desire is to help people achieve more through technology in order to free up more time to be with family and friends. He and his lovely wife are currently enjoying spoiling their first grandson.
Aaron has worked as both a cloud architect and software developer, specializing in solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). He holds several certifications encompassing development, architecture, and operations within the AWS cloud service suite. Aaron has contributed to companies offering services in the healthcare, training, point-of-sale and e-commerce sectors of business. His interests in the cloud space include automation, serverless computing, data, and security. When he isn't working on hi
... mores next project, he's either playing with cryptocurrency or reading sci-fi novels.
Stefan originates from Slovak Republic, from which he migrated to United Kingdom to study where he lived for over a decade. He studied Information Security, which quickly propelled his career towards hardening Linux servers and Linux administration. He passed multiple AWS certifications, which put him on a path of automation and cloud technologies, where he feels at home. Since then he worked multiple DevOps positions including a global bank delivering internet banking application, CRM applicati
... moreon and many more. Stefan loves infrastructure automation, cloud technologies, python coding, mountaineering, boxing, and food!
John Montgomery has been employed as a software developer for nearly a decade across the government, financial, and commercial sectors. Being able to automate away tedious tasks for others is one of his great joys. He's CISSP and Security+ certified, and he's been involved in computer security in one way or another since he was 17, when he made his first honeypot (before he even knew what a honeypot was), and helped the police stop a cyberbullying issue. He's also very passionate about education
... more, and enjoys helping others learn, grow, and become their best selves.
I have worked in IT for 25 years, for 22 of those years I have delivered IT Training. I have delivered Microsoft, CISCO and Amazon Web Services courses across Europe. For the last 4 years I have focused on Cloud technologies delivering cloud training to some of Europe’s biggest organisations.
I have been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1997 and currently hold certifications from Microsoft, CompTIA and AWS.
When not working on training material or delivering courses I spend time in the nort
... moreh of England with my wife Frances and our 3-year-old Labrador Inca.
Tom has spent over 24 years across multiple industries building products and platforms including: banking, tele-communications, e-commerce, retail, and manufacturing. He has designed and built recommendation engines, consumer banking platforms, and mobile applications, as well as business and consumer facing e-commerce SaaS platforms. Recently he leveraged his technology background to build business, product, and IT strategies for companies like O.C Tanner, State Farm, and USAA Insurance. He is
... morepassionate about creating high performing agile teams, and building software architectures that are lean yet scalable and perfectly fulfill the business need. He developed a keen interest in Lean principles while building manufacturing systems - and is constantly looking for new ways to leverage those concepts to improve IT.
Tom holds a dual bachelor degree in Computer Science and Business Information Systems and an MBA from Westminster College/Gore School of Business.