SouthEast Linux Fest 2026

Alexander is a Principal Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading RDS Red Team.

Brad Whitehead is Chief Scientist at Formularity

I own a small IT / programming business in Ohio

Bruce Momjian is co-founder and core member of PG.

Developer @ Red Hat, Homebrew maintainer

I own a 3D printer and I am not afraid to use it. I work in FreeCAD and OpenSCAD. I have stuff at on thingiverse ( https://www.thingiverse.com/cshapiro/designs ) and a personal website ( https://tomshiro.org )

DevOps, Gen AI, and Agile. I like to build.

The copyright & licensing assoc. for the FSF.

Master Chief, Electrical Engineer, and Nextcloud

Dan Good is a principal engineer in Microsoft's Linux Systems Group. He's been working with Unix since 1990 and has spoken at SELF on regex, bash, Forth, and APL. He lives in Marietta, Georgia, and builds compilers and climbs crags for fun.

Dan is a sysadmin for a widely-known company. He's been using ZFS on a daily basis since at least 2010.

Cybersecurity, Linux Admin, AI Enthusiast

Retired Sales Engineer at SUSE.

Embedded systems expert and Linux enthusiast

If you don't know who I am, why are you here?

SysAdmin Turned Tech Storyteller

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Linux Enthusiast that tries to Make Things work.

Jean Pierre is the co-founder of both Quoin, a software consultancy, and Salus CM, a SaaS based case management systems for social services. He has over 40 years of experience in the software industry and is the survivor of two AI Winters.

A chef-turned-computer-geek, Jerry put down his kitchen knives in favor of 1s and 0s. Jerry currently heads the Scientific Support team at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, ensuring reliable, deliverable services for high-energy experiments.

I'm a team lead at CIQ, where I design and build automation systems for releasing packages and images for Rocky Linux based products.

I've administrated K8s for 4 years, but have nearly 30 years of experience with production Linux systems.

Senior Technical Marketing Manager - Red Hat

I am focused on creating content for the RHEL community. Over a Decade in IT, cyber-security advocate, conference organizer, & open-source enthusiast. Hobbies include homelabs, podcasting and 3D Printing.

Keith quit his IT career after 25 years and then discovered his ADHD. Now an ADHD Coach, he helps people get their lives “on track” in the areas of productivity, interpersonal relationships, financial issues, and career development.

Multi-interest person from western NC.

System administrator, Multics and Unix.
Linux User since 1995

I like Opensource Observability and puppies

Mauricio has contributed to NIST, CSA, and the European Data Protection Board's regulations and frameworks, and discussed topics ranging from aerospace engineering to computer automation and data privacy. In a previous life, he was a trilug president

Technical Account Manager at Red Hat

System Engineer with Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative. Life long fan of Linux and OpenSource.

A linux enthusiast for over 30 years, I like to putter around with linux and drink coffee.

Consultant at Red Hat | Open Source Advocate

https://haveprivacynow.com

Technical Marketing Manager - Bitwarden.

Solutions Engineer at VictoriaMetrics / Homelaber

I've been doing information security for 30 years

Sr Network Engineer at anywAIR/Gigsouth

benny is Chair of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. She works at the intersection of open source community, nonprofit governance, and the homelab that keeps her honest about both.

I love automation and linux: elrey.casa/links