
Timeline
About me
Associate Director for Digital Research & Infrastructure at Oregon State University
Education

Csu global campus
2011 - 2015Master of business managment information technology 3.91
Kansas college of technology
1988 - 1989N/a computer scienceAttended my first year of College here. Started my studies in Computer Science.

New mexico institute of mining and technology
1989 - 1990N/a computer scienceActivities and Societies: New Mexico Search and Rescue Continued my education in Computer Science.

Wichita state university
1996 - 1997Bachelors of science computer scienceCompleted various graduate level classes part-time. Completed 16 hours of study. Classes taken: Computer Language Theory, Database Design, Information Retrieval, Computer Network Design, Distributed Operating Systems, and Advanced Operating Systems.

Kansas wesleyan university
1991 - 1994Bachelor of science (b.s.) computer science
Experience

Snow mountain ranch, ymca
May 1990 - Aug 1991Trail guideSummers of 90-91, Trail Guide in the Program department of Snow Mt. Ranch. Took guest on daily hikes around Grand County. Hikes ranged from 1 - 12 miles with varying degrees of difficulty.

Eagle software, inc
Jan 1993 - Mar 1997Coding and software updates for facsimile product, EagleFax.Dealing with client/server coding based on TCP/IP protocol.Experience in Motif GUI programming (Motif GUI builder).Writing a Help process for existing UNIX products. Help files are based on HTML including hypertext links and images.Writing System Administrator and User manuals, plus a tutorial manual for the EagleFax interface.Experience in software testing and debugging.System administrative duties including:Maintaining a LAN network with seven different machine platforms.Upgrade and install new OS's on UNIX platforms.Writing of script files in Bourne shell.Installed network printers. Show less
Software Analyst/Programmer
Jan 1994 - Mar 1997Internship
Jan 1993 - Dec 1993

Colorado state university
Apr 1997 - Feb 2017Manage four full-time professional System Administrators within the Engineering Network Services department. The Systems group maintains all central networking services for the College of Engineering at Colorado State University. Network services include: file, email, web, and shared compute servers for all fac/staff and students in Engineering. Primary UNIX/Network Systems Administrator responsible for the design, implementation, configuration, maintenance, management for all central networking services and network switches for the College of Engineering.
Systems Group Manager
Jul 2010 - Feb 2017UNIX/Network Manager
Apr 1997 - Jun 2010

Oregon state university
Feb 2017 - nowStarted new position and department for Digital Research and Infrastructure (DRI). DRI supports research and classroom instructional computing at Oregon State University, providing easy access to advanced high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, performance storage, data sharing, server housing space for research colocation, and consultation services for remote cloud computing.In addition to the above role, I have also been assigned as the new manager for the Endpoint Management team at OSU. This team tracks, provisions, deploys, and updates all Windows, Mac, and Linux endpoint devices. Show less As the Assistant to the Director of CoSINe I am in charge of the day-to-day operations and supervision of five IT professionals in the management of IT services and systems operations, as well as the delivery of IT services to campus faculty, staff, and students. Among my primary responsibilities is to maintain a three-year strategic roadmap for the purpose of delivering effective and efficient IT services to promote pedagogical innovation in classroom instruction and research support. I also work collaboratively with the Director to install, maintain, and support computer systems and communication networks, ensuring systems and networks operate optimally to provide maximum performance and availability to our faculty, staff, and students. Show less
Manager for Digital Research & Endpoint Management
Jul 2021 - nowAssistant Director of COSINe
Feb 2017 - Jul 2021
Licenses & Certifications

Cyberambassador
Internet2 nsf award #1730137Apr 2023
Disney's approach to leadership excellence
Disney instituteAug 2014
Disney's approach to selection, training & engagement
Disney interactiveAug 2014- View certificate

Systems thinking
LinkedinJul 2023 - View certificate

Top 10 rules for highly effective leadership
LinkedinFeb 2023 - View certificate

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging
LinkedinApr 2022 - View certificate

Advanced terraform
LinkedinFeb 2022 
Sun certified system administrator for solaris 10 os
Sun microsystemsApr 2009
Using ldap as a naming service
Sun microsystemsMar 2007
Sun fire[tm] workgroup/enterprise server administration
Sun microsystemsMar 2002
Solaris 10 features for experienced system admins
Sun microsystemsDec 2008- View certificate

Jamf certified tech jamf pro version 10
JamfOct 2021 
Sun certified system administrator for solaris 7
Sun microsystemsDec 2000
Sun storedge[tm] volume manager administration
Sun microsystemsMar 2001- View certificate

Writing in the work place
Oregon state universityJan 2018 
Enterprise system performance management
Sun microsystemsJan 2001- View certificate

Equity first: the path to inclusion and belonging
LinkedinMar 2022 - View certificate

Jamf certified admin jamf pro version 10
JamfNov 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to CJ KeistInternational Honor Society in Business, Management, and Administration Sigma Beta Delta CSU-Global Jun 2015 In recognition of high scholastic achievement, have been selected for membership in Sigma Beta Delta CSU-Global.
Languages
- jaJapanese
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