denny.lecompte
Denny Lecompte, Director of Product Management
Denny LeCompte has been with SolarWinds for 3+ 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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chris.lapoint
Chris Lapoint, Product Manager, Orion NPM, Orion NTA, Orion APM
Chris has been at SW for 3+ years and in the technology world for more than 10 years. He is a huge football fan, but has petitioned to have the longhorns wear v-neck man sweaters in for the games.
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bshopp
Brandon Shopp, Product Manager for Orion NPM, Kiwi Syslog and LANsurveyor
Brandon has been with SolarWinds for a year and has been in the technology field and in network management for about 10 years. Brandon recently held an intervention for Chris (for his sweater collection)
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Macnugetz
Craig McDonald, Product Manager for Toolset, IP SLA Monitor and IP Address Manager
What do journalism, gaming and Sun Microsystems have in common? Well Craig of course! While Craig is free from most fashion faux pas, he does tend to wear a lot of UT gear!
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ChristineB
Christine Bentsen, Product Manager of Orion NCM, ipMonitor, EOC, and Kiwi CatTools
Christine is the newest product manager, having just joined the team in January ’10. She 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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MarieB
Marie Black, Thwack Moderator
Marie is the moderator for "Le thwack" and has added a French twist to the site... well at least she tends to make English words into French by adding a definite article in front of them. Beyond this unusual pastime, she also comes with a wealth of high tech and SolarWinds knowledge.
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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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Dawn_L
Dawn Lacallade, Community Manager
Dawn lives and breathes thwack. Good thing her only kid is 15 or she might name her kid thwack. Dawn spends time thinking up cool things to do with thwack, so if you have an idea, let her know! She also has some very unusual hobbies...
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randyramirez
Randy Ramirez, Developer
Randy has been working with the Community Server product for years. He is our favorite "man behind the curtain". Randy also has the best collection of extracurricular activities in the group.
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caris.hurd
Caris Hurd, Techincal Guru
Caris has a 6th sense... for turning Dawn's crazy ideas into something that is actually do-able. For this, Dawn is forever grateful and Randy is not totally insane! Caris is also a fashionista and has a pup that might rival Marie's.
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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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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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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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MTorok
Michael Torok, Manager Info Dev Team
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 grousing. Marie calls him “Crusty the Clown” because he is always the grumpy-acting guy for comic effect. In addition to those talents, we love him for the million questions he seems to be able to answer!
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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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greg@solarwinds.net
Greg Newman, Dev Manager
Greg Newman is the Dev Manager for Toolset, and has been writing and designing software for SolarWinds for over 7 years. He has been in the technology field for over 15 years, and when not writing code, can be found somewhere outside fishing, hunting, playing loud music, or otherwise annoying his girls. It's taken a while, but Greg has finally figured out that the only reason the Head Geek and LT Dan let him go hunting with them is due to his *special* ability to flush pheasants (ask Josh).
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dperdue
David Perdue, Director of Product Development
David has been tinkering with technology for years and readily answering hundreds of questions on thwack since 2006. David only WISHES he had the tan that his avatar is sporting.
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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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Sham Chauthani
Sham Chauthani, Development Manager
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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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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aLTeReGo
(Jeremy Morrill)
aLTeReGo started in the networking space at age 13 when he started his own BBS (Bulletin Board System). Currently he is the sole Network Engineer for a network that reaches 80 buildings and over 500 acres. Jeremy LOVES being challenged in the Network space. That smells like a challenge to me! '
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Bleearg13
(Eric Van Tol)
Bleearg13 is the Operations Manager for Atlantech Online, Inc. He has been a network engineer for 10 years and has been a Solarwinds user since 2001, joining Thwack in 2003, contributing more than 500 posts. Eric is the proud winner of the most disturbing happy face award.
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Don331
(Don Barry)
Don331 is the Network Engineering Manager at IFCO Systems N.A. He has been a network engineer for 25 years and has been active on Thwack since 2003 and has hundreds of posts. The rest is top secret.
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JBaulsir
(Jim Baulsir)
JBaulsir manages the North American Datacenter and has Global Infrastructure design responsibilities for Greenfield Online. Jim has extensive Information Technology experience, specifically in Design, Implementation, and Operational methodologies. He has been on thwack since 2006 and has answered hundreds of questions.
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Jeff.Stewart
(Jeff Stewart)
Jeff is the network engineer at Western Kentucky University. He has been a network engineer for 6 years and has been active on Thwack since 2007 and has hundreds of posts. In his spare time he likes to save babies from burning buildings and loves extreme base jumping on the weekends.
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Jonchill
(Jon Hill)
While Jon has a wealth of information and answers tons of questions on thwack, he is very shy… Dawn has always wondered if he is an alterego for Elvis... Hum...
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JTimes
(John Times)
JTimes has been playing with network technology since 1984 (and I do mean play) John first downloaded Toolset in 1996 and has been hanging around ever since. He has helped hundreds on Thwack since 2005.
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Mithrilhall
(Eric Estes)
While Eric has been petitioning for years to add the setting to thwack that would change the language to pirate speak, Dawn thinks that is better left on Facebook. Eric does have a propensity to help others and a wealth of knowledge to share!
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Network_Guru
(Art Prufer)
Network_Guru started in the industry playing with wires, now he manages them. He found Orion in 2002 and has been helping thousands of people on Thwack since 2003. Does Art have a fixation on Tacos? Or is it trucks?
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Qle
(Quang Le)
The users on thwack think that Quang is a great asset with all the answers and help he gives, but they are not the only fans… the design team thinks he has a fantastic avatar!
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Savell
(Dave Savell)
Dave is the Lead Technical Analyst for a major Australian Telecommunications Company, providing Network services to a major Australian Bank. He has performed roles in Mainframe Systems, Database Administration, Networking and IPTEL and has been in the industry for 20 years. Originally a Kiwi (New Zealand) but has resided in Melbourne for 10 years. He enjoys touring the Australian outback at every opportunity!
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VHCato
(Vic Cato)
Vic has been in the networking field for nearly 20 years and has done everything from cabling, to design and management, as well as windows and toilets. He can still wear the same swimsuit he wore when he was 12, and still doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up.
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