Jim Wildman

About Jim Wildman

I have been actively employed as a Unix system administrator, system architect and manager since 1985. My work history between 1985 and 1994 included all major flavors of Unix, with a concentration on HP-UX. I discovered Linux in 1994, and have been actively promoting and using it since that time. I put Red Hat Linux systems into production in 1997 and presented on them at HP World in 1998. Starting with my employment at Bank One in 2002, I have been focused almost exclusively on Red Hat\'s enterprise Linux offerings. Within the bank, I have functioned as the Engineering Lead for the GTI Linux Engineering Team for the last 4 years. During that time I have lead the redesign of the back end processes involved in deploying the Linux Standard Build within the corporate data centers. When I left in 2008, this process was being used to deploy and update almost RHEL machines. For the last 2 years my primary focus within the team was on interfacing with vendors, internal customers and management.I moved from JPMC to Macquare Bank in Houston, TX. I worked in the Houston office as a project manager and general technical resource. While I was not directly involved, I provided considerable guidance to the team that was developing their internal RHEL build and maintenance processes. I joined Red Hat in 2012 and have been working as an outside Solution Architect since then. I cover accounts that are based in Florida. I have met all my sales targets in 6 of the last 7 years and earned President’s Club (top 5%) the last 3 years. I am a frequent presenter at both internal Red Hat events (such as Tech Exchange and Red Hat Summit) as well as outside events such as Ohio Linux Fest and Texas Linux Fest.Specialties: Red Hat Linux, Unix in general, Ansible and automation, security, Open Source advocacy, System design and architecture

Experience

1. Principal Solutions Architect

   Red Hat

   Jun 2018 — Present

Education

• Purdue University

  EET, Electronics, Ag Econ

  1978 — 1985