Bio
I’m an Technical Support Engineer @ Chocolatey with a passion for turning the repetitive into Powershell. I’m deeply interested in constantly honing my craft, an avid techno-nerd, husband, father, and musician. I take pride in sharing knowledge about Powershell within the community, and look forward to learning alongside you.
My Talks
Choco For Beginners
Set it and forget it. That's the power of choco. Learn what it is, how to use it, and all the features it will provide your organization. Warning: There will be Powershell. There will be memes. The...
Chocolatey: Software Management's sweetest recipe
Stop managing software like it's 2001. Chocolatey allows you to manage binary installers, scripts, zips, and modules like they are all the same thing! However, keeping your packaging straight takes...
Code. Commit. Deploy. Starting your 3 step journey to utilizing Pipelines
Pipelines are all the rage these days, but wtf are they even? I'll walk you through what they are, how to set one up, and begin to leverage them for your evironment
Demystifying CI/CD Build Scripts
There are a boatload of options out there for use in build pipelines. This talk will step waaaaay back to the basics and show how I like to keep things simple, which reduces complexity while increa...
Failing your way to success!
Wanting to smash something. Quitting to become a hermit, or a carpenter, or a hermit carpenter. We've all felt that way when wrestling our code. Come watch me fail live in front of a studio audienc...
Farming in the Ops Age
I grew up in the middle of nowhere, where farming was the way of life. A technology obsessed kid surrounded by fields, cows, and hard work. I took those life lessons with me into our "field". Let's...
Ugh, My Code is Ugly!
There's nothing worse than opening some code from 6 months ago and having to spend an hour just figuring out what the heck you were thinking. This talk presents best practices for code formatting, ...
Write Better Logging
Are you leveraging logging to it's full potential? If you answered "no", I invite you to join me as we explore the Windows Event Viewer, and how you can leverage it to provide a "Single Pane of Gla...