 denny.lecompte Denny Lecompte, VP, Products
Denny LeCompte has been with SolarWinds for 4+ years and has been in the technology field for 10 years. The team here voted Denny the most likely to morph into his avatar.
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 bshopp Brandon Shopp, Group Product Manager - Networking and Product Manager
Brandon has been with SolarWinds for over two years and has been in the technology field and in network management for about 10 years.
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 bmrad Brian Radovich, Sr. Product Manager
Ok, so I have been a geek for a long time, starting with an Apple II plus with two disk drives programming in Basic, reading LOTR straight in a sweaty 3-day sitting (thanks Hurricane Alicia), and generally wondering how the universe works. Went to UT for an Aerospace Engineering degree, but with the end of the cold war jobs were scarce. I bounced around for awhile, got an MBA and finally ended up at a startup, Tek-Tools. At Tek-Tools, we built a monitoring and reporting product for Servers, Backups, Storage and Applications, while I went from developer to project manager to product manager and partner liaison. In Jan 2010, Solarwinds bought Tek-Tools, and I was added to the PM team. When my mind actually wonders from making Orion and Profiler better, I am generally spending time with my family, reading, watching sports, arguing politics or tinkering with stuff (it can always be made better), with the occasional camping trip thrown in for good measure.
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 jonathan.reeve Jonathan Reeve, Sr. Director, Product Manager
Jonathan has built a career integrating hands-on technical development with senior-level strategic management. Having previously served as the vice president of product strategy for Hyper9, Jonathan was responsible for the company’s flagship product, Virtual Environment Optimization suite. Jonathan’s experience spans computer networking, systems management and virtualization technologies, helping numerous start-ups and established companies generate market traction. Prior to joining Hyper9, Jonathan drove product management for the network management product line at Smarts, which was acquired by EMC in 2005. Jonathan has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Networking from the University of Durham (UK).
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 ChristineB Christine Bentsen, Senior Product Manager
Christine has experience in both very large and very small tech companies, and thinks that SolarWinds is just right. She’s been in technology for about fifteen years doing project and product management. She loves Austin, but wishes CA would let us move Napa to Texas.
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 mavturner Mav Turner, Product Manager
Mav has been with SW since 2009. He has 10 years of IT experience on both the Network and Systems side. His favorite text editor is vi (if you listen closely, you can hear him muttering command sequence incantations under his breath).
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 aLTeReGo Jeremy Morrill, Product Manager
Jeremy is the Product Manager for Application Performance Monitor, Synthetic End User Monitor, and Fail Over Engine.
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 michal.hrncirik Michal Hrncirik, Product Manager
Michal joined the PM team in September 2011 and is currently working from the Czech Republic.
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 fcaron Francois Caron, Product Manager
Francois joined the SW Product Management Team in December 2010 and is currently overseeing NPM and NCM.
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 colby Nicole Pauls, Product Manager
Nicole joined SolarWinds with the acquisition of Log & Event Manager in 2011.
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 MTorok Michael Torok, Director, Community
Michael is a guy of great hidden talents… He is creative in tons of ways, is always looking for an adventure, is a very cool Dad, and is always around for a good round of good natured grousing. And yes, he is old enough to remember 300 baud full card modems and the BBS as community. That was the beginning...
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 DanielleH Danielle Higgins, thwack Moderator Intern
Danielle is a nomad of sorts, having resided in North Texas, Alaska, Arizona, and South-Central Texas, all within a 6 year span. She is a proud Sun Devil having attended Arizona State University to complete her BS. Her time away from thwack is spent at concerts (it doesn't hurt living in the Live Music Capital), travelling, or stuffing her face in old textbooks.
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 Josh Stephens Josh Stephens, Head Geek and VP of Technology
Josh fits his title perfectly. His 15-plus years of experience in technology include designing and deploying advanced networks and network management systems within organizations including the US Air Force, Sprint, MCI/UUNET, and Wal-Mart. Josh is a big believer that bigger is better... particularly when hunting, buying a pickup or drinking Mt.Dew. To learn (what is perhaps too much info) about Josh, visit his blog, follow him on twitter, or visit his profile.
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 Roger Wong Roger Wong, Info Dude
Roger is better than a magic 8 ball for answers! He has been known to not only answer questions on thwack, but also over the cube, out the window and across the street! He also has a wealth of knowledge on Geology, Astronomy, and you name it!
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 Pacetti Andrew Pacetti, Word Guy
Andrew is a hard "I" introvert on the Myers-Briggs, but when he does speak out, the value is huge! Even when he is not sure about everything around a topic, he knows more than most of us ever will! The most impressive part is that he will have you writing a dissertation before he says he doesn’t know much!
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 mcbridea Andy McBride, Techincal Guru
Andy is a body builder, but does it only for comic value. (did you see the video?) He has been spotted on two wheels, two feet, his knees and rumor has it he can stand on his head. We love him because he is quick to answer and easy to like!
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 Mark Wiggans Mark Wiggans, Info Dude
Mark is on the SW InfoDev team and is often the "fastest draw" on thwack. He has been with SW for years, previously in a support role. Mark has more than 2,000 posts on thwack. To read more about Mark's super powers...
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 docwhite Doug Paris-White, Info Dude, too
If I were a HAL 9000 series computing machine I might be in an operational state on a space vessel somewhere in our little solar system, closer to Jupiter than Earth, with some probability of lethal malfunction; and to understate the obvious, I would not be helping anyone here on thwack.com. But I do or try to help people on thwack.com watch their bits better. Therefore, I am probably not a HAL 9000 series computing machine. I alternate between feeling ambiguously clear (state='0' if you like) and clearly ambiguous (state='1' as it were). I enjoy verbing nouns.
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 DanaeA Danae Archuletta, Info Gal
Danae is our new Info Chick. She has over 15 years experience in the technology industry, working with hardware and software. She is also a closet geek and a licensed massage therapist. It makes for an interesting combination! Who else but a geek reads the owner’s manual cover-to-cover on their new corvette? She also comes in very handy for getting those pesky shoulder knots out. Oh, and she's been known to sneeze like a mouse.
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 Bronx Dan Rivera, Info Goodfella
Who am I? Let’s start busting apart those stereotypes by saying I am not a cop, thug, fireman, truck driver or Mafioso…anymore. I’m just a goofy programmer, tech writer, pool hustler and all around "love him" or "hate him," big, burly, biker-looking, no-filtered, rambunctious, idiot/pushover. And that really is my ugly mug. Fuggedaboudit!
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 phil3 Phil Morin, Info Dude
Phil may write documentation from the Post Falls, ID office of SolarWinds, but he is a self-proclaimed resident of Cascadia (see the flag).
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 tdanner Tim Danner, Product Architect
When his cable modem fails, Tim connects through his cell phone. If that fails, he whistles ZModem into a rotary telephone. Not only is Tim into extreme modems, but he also rode the Houston->Austin MS150 four times and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (though only once)
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 josh.clark Josh Clark, Principal Developer, Orion Family
Josh has been at SolarWinds for 3 years but he's been writing code for over 11 years now. When he's not working he enjoys writing pithy sayings for his thwack profile. He is joyfully waiting for the day when his beloved Texas Aggies will win the College Football National Championship. He is still waiting...
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 Casey Schmit casey.schmit, Principal Developer Orion Family
Casey has been at SW for a couple of years and has been involved in doing some kind of software development for 10 years. Rumor has it that he once wrote “I want a pony” in an official design document because no one read them. As it turns out, they do. Casey holds the distinguished honor of managing to get Denny to say Casey was right... Once.
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 Peter.Cooper Peter Cooper, Developer for APM
Peter is the founding developer of ipMonitor and has since taken on APM. He is a force to be reckoned with and answers some of the toughest questions on the forums!
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 Derhally Zeid Derhally, Product Architect and Nemesis
Every great hero (Randy) needs a Nemesis… and Randy has Zeid. You will often find them in a heated battle of foosball or perhaps jousting in the front lobby. In addition, Zeid finds the time to hang out with his minions on thwack!
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 jiri.tomek Jiri Tomek, Developer, APM, VIM and SEUM
Jiri join SolarWinds in 2009 and is a developer for APM, VIM, and most recently, SEUM.
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 Sham Chauthani Sham Chauthani, Director, Software Development
Sham Chauthani is the conductor of the great SolarWinds symphony. (One of the busiest development managers you will ever find) He comes with a wealth of experience and can rock out his thwack t-shirt any chance he gets!
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 Karlo.Zatylny Karlo Zatylny, Lead Developer Orion NPM
Karlo is not only a very talented developer, but is also one of the biggest characters you will meet. Ask him about his different Halloween costumes...
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 michalB Michal Brutvan, Lead Developer, Netflow, UDT, and IPAM
Michal joined SolarWinds in 2008 but has more than 6 years of experience with UI development. He is also currently development lead for Free Tools, Engineer's Toolset, and Synthetic End User Monitor.
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 Ciag (Ciaran Murphy)
Ciag is part of a small Network Design and Planning Team in a large "Financial Sector" organization. He oversees multiple network management tools such as: Neflow, SQL, VMware, & Cisco. Ciag has been helping the thwack community since 2008.
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 AndyCoates (Andy Coates)
AndyCoates is a Senior OSS Engineer for ControlCircle Ltd. located in London, UK. Throughout his time with Orion, he has gained a lot of knowledge about SQL, WMI, and various scripting languages that tie it all together. He is always happy to share this knowledge, so feel free to drop him a message if you're ever stuck.
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 Emeter (Brian Bond)
Brian obtains extensive experience with Windows administration and networking support and deployment. NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator, Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/Vista/XP, and Exchange Server 2000/2003 are just a few of his specialties.
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 Andrewbrill (Andrew Brill)
Andrew Brill is a huge fan of SolarWinds' products and has been an active member on thwack since 2010.
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 Jspanitz (John Spanitz)
John is a Senior Systems Administrator with over 15 years of experience, currently working in the manufacturing industry for a major candy manufacturer. His current network experience is with Cisco and more recently Juniper Networks. He inherited an unhealthy Orion deployment and has enjoyed bringing it back to life. Motorcycles are a long time passion of his– if you ask him, MotoGP and Motocross is where it's at.
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 Dclick (Don Click)
Don has been in the networking field for over 20 years. He has been an active member of the thwack community since early 2009.
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 Byrona (Byron Anderson)
Byron has 10 years of IT experience supporting datacenter, managed, integrated, and cloud services. Eight of those years have been specializing in systems management and monitoring working with systems ranging from HP OpenView to open source custom designed systems and most recently SolarWinds Orion.
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 Netlogix (Steve Borba)
Steve got his start in IT when the Y2K bug was upon us. He is going on 13 years with the same company in Southern California managing everything from securing, monitoring, maintaining and implementing the server, VMware, SAN, and network infrastructures. To say he is an active user and contributor on thwack is an understatement so you're sure to catch him online almost daily.
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 Adatole (Leon Adato)
Leon is a Monitoring Engineer at Sentinel Technologies and has been contributing his knowledge to the thwack community since 2010.
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 Mdriskell (Mike Driskell)
Mike is an IT professional with 11+ years experience working in and supporting a Network Operation Center for a Managed Service Provider including 6 years as the NOC manager. He enjoys drawing up the concepts behind the "warp theory" in his free-time. Yes, he's that guy.
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 Jswan (Jerold Swan)
Jerold, or Jay for short, currently works as a network engineer for a mid-sized company in the energy industry, where he works on projects related to routing & switching, VoIP, security, and network monitoring. When not geeking out indoors he enjoys getting outdoors at home in southwest Colorado.
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 Chrystalt (Chrystal Taylor)
Chrystal is an engineer for Loop1 Systems, where she spends her time assisting companies large and small with their SolarWinds software. She's also an avid gamer... MS-DOS Tank Wars anyone?
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 Sirpaw (Paul Dayon)
Paul is a network engineer and NMS junkie for 3 years. He wants to visit Texas within his lifetime to watch the San Antonio Spurs play and invade the Geek HQ.
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