Summary
Markham Thomas is a seasoned Linux software engineer with over a decade of experience diagnosing and optimizing system and application performance at scale. Based in Edmond, Oklahoma, he provides Level 3 engineering support for RHEL and SUSE, analyzing crashes, tuning kernels, debugging networking/memory/cluster issues, and submitting upstream patches when needed. His background spans embedded systems, performance engineering for HPUX/Linux, and complex problem management, giving him a rare blend of low-level firmware/assembly experience and high-level systems troubleshooting. He routinely writes tools and patches to measure and improve Linux behavior on ARM development boards and explores their viability as cost-effective servers. Known for turning elusive production problems into actionable fixes, he pairs deep debugging skills with practical tuning and deployment know-how.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics Engineering Technology, Major, Electronics Engineering Technology, Major at Oklahoma State University