James Derry
Senior Systems Administrator
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJames Derry is a seasoned Senior Systems Administrator at The University of Texas at Austin with nearly four decades of institutional service and nine years in his current senior role. He blends deep operational expertise with a long track record of teaching—14 years leading "Introduction to Programming for Researchers"—bringing technical mentorship into production environments. His background spans global experience as an EFL teacher in Morocco, China, and Russia and military service as a Cavalry Scout and Signals Corps technician, including NATO peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Comfortable operating at the intersection of systems, education, and operations, he leverages broad cultural fluency from living in eight countries to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder IT challenges.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General at The University of Texas at Austinbachelors
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (9)
network-graph6
r-package6
r5
network-analysis5
igraph5
mathematics5
graph-algorithms4
complex-networks3
graph-theory3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jderry/intro_to_programming
Mar 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:94 commits, 208 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
jderry/weeklong_15_class-hour_python_class
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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