John O'neal
Sr. Technical Content Developer at Palo Alto Networks
Wichita, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolJohn O'Neal is a senior technical content developer with over two decades of experience translating complex technical subjects into intuitive classroom and web-based learning for adult learners. He has spent the last decade shaping cloud, DevOps, and security curricula at AWS and now applies that expertise to content at Palo Alto Networks. His background blends rigorous academic training—a Ph.D. in Philosophy/Logic—with hands-on instructional design for enterprise storage, data center, and certification programs, enabling him to craft precise, logically coherent learning paths and labs. Known for building complete course ecosystems (slides, videos, labs, VM images, and instructor guides), he thrives on making high-stakes, technical topics teachable and applicable. Based in Wichita, Kansas, he brings a rare mix of formal logic, pedagogy, and real-world cloud operations experience to technical training.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Philosophy/Logic, Ph.D. Philosophy/Logic at Rice UniversityBA Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology, BA Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology at Washington University in St. LouisGithub contributions (1)
CourseReps/ECEN489-Spring2015
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:72 commits, 37 pushes in 3 months
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