Ralph Goodberlet
CEO And Co-Founder at Odd Sock Illustrations, LLC
Easley, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRalph Goodberlet is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years of hands-on experience in infrastructure, enterprise architecture, and disaster recovery, currently serving Clemson University as principal enterprise architect and director of hybrid cloud and business continuity programs. He combines systems thinking and pragmatic "IT plumber" skills to build executable strategies that align mission, resources, culture, and future vision, and has advanced through roles from systems engineer to strategic director over a nearly 16-year tenure at Clemson. As CEO and co-founder of a small creative studio, he also manages strategy, operations, finance, and compliance, demonstrating a rare blend of technical depth and business ownership. Known for kind, direct, and compassionate leadership, he excels at unblocking initiatives, mediating conflict, and developing collaborative teams that empower growth. A longtime community mentor and non‑profit leader, Ralph brings an empathetic, human-centered approach to technology leadership—shaped in part by raising twice-exceptional children who continually inform his practice.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Clemson UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer and Information Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer and Information Sciences, General at Le Moyne College
English
Github Skills (25)
infrastructure10
freebsd9
infrastructure-management9
python9
package-repository9
linux9
docker9
configuration-management9
zeromq9
solaris9
scale9
iot9
salt9
remote-execution9
tarball8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Zettaknight/zettaknight
Mar 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:27 commits, 4 PRs, 28 pushes in 8 months
rmgoodberlet/salt
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:16 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
management-systeminfrastructure-automationdevopsansibleinfrastructure
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