Matt Palmer is a highly experienced Unix professional with over 15 years of experience in different operating systems such as DEC OSF/1, Tru64, HPUX, Ultrix, RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu, and others. His passion for leading-edge technology has led him to become an expert in virtualization tools such as VMware, OpenStack, and EC2.

Matt is a Principal Systems Engineer at Holiday Extras, where he has worked for years as a Technical Development Manager too. His main goal is to reduce the environmental impact of IT while keeping a forward position in the market, including implementing bespoke system/app requirements. His experience in server architecture, clustering, storage architecture, and business risk assessment has positioned him as a key team member in server consolidation projects to reduce comms room footprint.

Matt is also an expert in cloud-based solutions, using the Opscode platform, Chef, and knife to provision services in a repeatable fashion, and AWS EC2 AMI customization. His strong application integration background and experience in moving in-house services to cloud-based solutions make him a significant asset to any team looking to streamline its IT operations.