Rudi Respen is a highly experienced Open Source specialist with an extensive background in enterprise and governmental environments. He has experience with most Linux/UNIX flavors and is up to date with SAN/NAS, virtualization/container technology, and Dev/Ops Agile methods. Rudi has expertise in Configuration Management, Container technology, Provisioning, Amazon Elastic Cloud, OpenStack components, Monitoring, and much more. He is also skilled in Project Management, Authentication, Backup/DR, Virtualization, Hardware, Service Delivery Management, Vendor Management, Workload automation, Networking, and Security. Rudi's hands-on mentality enables him to easily switch between hands-on operations and management roles, getting things done. He has founded and owned different companies and worked as a Program and Platform Manager, Open Infra Architect, CTO, Cloud Consultant, System Architect, Coordinator, and many other positions.

Keywords: Open Source, Dev/Ops Agile, Configuration Management, Container technology, Provisioning, Amazon Elastic Cloud, OpenStack, Monitoring, Project Management, Virtualization, Hardware, Service Delivery Management, Vendor Management, Workload automation, Networking, Security.