James Petty
Director Of Information Technology
Signal Mountain, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Petty is a Director of Information Technology with 15+ years of hands-on experience building secure, automated Windows and Azure-first environments for companies ranging from enterprises to high-growth SaaS. At Text Request he runs endpoint security, IAM consolidation, SaaS lifecycle and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance while creating monitoring dashboards and process automation that measurably reduce operational overhead. A five-time Microsoft MVP, best-selling author on PowerShell and longtime advocate for automation, he leads The DevOps Collective to provide free training, scholarships, and community events. He also advises compliance platform Drata, teaches as an adjunct professor, and brings practical enterprise experience from roles at TVA and as a solutions architect. Based in Signal Mountain, TN, James pairs academic study toward a DBA in IT with a volunteer leadership history (Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor) and a knack for translating complex security requirements into pragmatic, auditable controls.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science (Information Technology), Bachelor of Science Computer Science (Information Technology) at Tennessee Technological UniversityDoctor of Business Administration Information Technology, Doctor of Business Administration Information Technology at Liberty UniversityManagement Information Systems Information Technology, Management Information Systems Information Technology at University of Alabama at BirminghamHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Creek Wood High School
English
Github Skills (37)
speaker10
powershell-module10
powershell10
automated-deployment9
active9
domain-controller9
storage9
active-directory9
azure8
iis8
exchange8
pki8
wordpress-plugin8
provisioning8
hyper-v8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
psjamesp/TechMentorHOL
Apr 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:6 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
psjamesp/summit-materials
Oct 2018 - Apr 2021
Storage for materials (speaker & attendee) from past Summit events
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months
eventsattendeesummitspeakerstorage
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