(2000) Linux Farm

I had the privilege of building ATI’s very first Linux server farm. Racked, stacked, wired, and kick started.

(2002) Home Lab

Late night build session.

Home lab where solutions would be tested well into the early hours.

(2003) ATI Server Room

Core Build Team.

Building the server room for ATI Technologies (before AMD acquired ATI) @ One Commerce Valley.

Left to Right: Mike Wong, Rob Burns, Bahram Zetabford, Dilip Patel, Frank Chow, Yomi Yokozaku, Phil Howard, Leo Atkins

(2006) PartSource

Building the POS solution on my dining room table.

Building the defacto image for PartSource POS systems. They are still used in stores across Canada today.

(2008) Dell’s Future of Computing Tour

Speaking to a packed house in Toronto. No pressure ;

I was asked to lead a discussion on Virtualizing Client Systems during Dell’s “Future of Computing” tour. This tour stopped in all major cities across Canada. I was honored to be part of such a large event speaking about a hot button topic.

(2009) Skiinar

Select customers were pampered in Banff Alberta and Whistler BC during a “skiinar tour” that preached the benefits of enterprise class client systems. Topics included security, virtualization, and client management. After the knowledge session the remainder of the day was spent on the slopes. This was easily the most enjoyable week of my career.

(2011) Dell Discovery Tour

I was asked to speak at the Dell Discovery Tour at the TIFF Lightbox in downtown Toronto. This was a CIO level event. It was humbling presenting to such an elite audience