Rockstar linux/unix systems administrator, network engineer, developer and security consultant.
I am a network and systems engineer by trade and a network security researcher by hobby. I have over 13 years of experience in the industry. I started playing with computers and networks some time around 10 or 11 years old and I have never stopped. At 16, I launched a small hosting company. At 19, I was hired by Internet Security Systems to work on their X-Force Advanced Research and Development team. Two years later, they were acquired by IBM, where I continued for 6 more years. I became independent to allow myself to work more closely with people, to suit their needs and see more immediate results of my labor. And, it allows me the time to grow my knowledge base on my own terms. It's not enough for me to know "what it does and how it does it". My thirst for knowledge always pushes me to learn "why it does it that way" and "can I make it better?"