Tim DeLamatre
I am an Ohioan by birth and current residence, but wandered a bit before returning to the state. I grew up on a farm and had a penchant for all things mechanical, so got a degree in mechanical engineering and worked on fighter jet propulsion systems as my first job before deciding I wanted to try something different.
That something different took me to Africa, as I joined the U.S. Peace Corps to teach high-school calc and trig in Mali, then stayed there for a total of 4.5 years as a computer consultant and teacher.
After returning from Mali, I obtained a master's in Information Networking and have been in IT for nearly 30 years, most of it as a network performance analyst using packet traces and statistical modeling to analyze and predict performance of distributed systems.
I am married with two (mostly) grown kids and a clowder of cats, although the older cats make it more of a glaring at times when the young ones become too rambunctious.
Session
While many companies have a network engineer that becomes the de facto packet analyst, building a full performance engineering (PE) team takes time and effort, as well as support from upper management. This talk will chronicle one team's experience with building and maintaining a high-achieving PE team over the past 13 years.
This is designed to be an interactive discussion of what Performance Engineering is and what the future is for packet experts. Come ready to share your stories and challenges.