Mark Ballew

Mark Ballew is a professional with a diverse background in rapid prototyping, Infosec / Computer Security, Cloud Computing, Open Source, FreeBSD, SmartOS, 3D Printing and manufacturing, hardware automation, and federal consulting.

Mark pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a focus on Super Computing & Graphics at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Throughout his career, Mark has been associated with various organizations, holding key positions that have honed his expertise and skills. He has served as a DevOps Engineer at the University of California, Berkeley for the MyShake Project. Mark was also a Co-Founder at Vhspace and held roles such as Director Of Research Development at Spookyfox and the Institute for Research of Chat. Additionally, he has experience as a Staff Site Reliability Operator - Security at Okta, Inc., Staff DevOps Engineer at Stormpath, Senior Operations Engineer at Norse Corporation, Systems Architect at Monotype and FontShop, and Senior Unix Administrator at Technorati and the University of California Office of the President. Mark also held the role of Senior HPC and Visualization Administrator at the Desert Research Institute and worked as a Unix System Administrator at the University of Nevada, Reno.