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Matt McClure

Matt's first computer was a Commodore 64 and he still has fond memories of playing California Games, Impossible Mission, and Choplifter, which inspired his love for all things computers from a young age. 20-something years later Matt landed his big break in the IT world working at a help desk, and he hasn't looked back since (except to reminisce over his C64, which he still misses!)
Professional Experience:
Matt has 12+ years experience working in a variety of IT roles including networking, Windows Server administrator, AWS engineer and infosec grandmaster. He's currently kept busy by day securing all things cloud related.
Topic Expertise:
AWS, infosec, networking, Kubernetes, Docker, Python
Education / Certifications:
Latest from Matt McClure
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