Richard Panek
Martial Arts Instructor at Victory Martial Arts - Chiefland
Chiefland, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Panek is an IT veteran and certified Microsoft systems engineer turned entrepreneur and martial arts instructor, bringing over 20 years of hands-on experience in network design, security, disaster recovery, and systems migrations. After a long career building and managing IT services and teams—including running his own East Bay IT company and serving as an IT services manager—he sold the business and opened a dojo in Chiefland to combine leadership, discipline, and community coaching. He routinely implemented enterprise-grade security, Active Directory/Group Policy automation, and backup/imaging strategies that minimized downtime and data loss for mid-sized organizations. Richard pairs military-honed discipline (Master Sergeant, USAF) with technical depth (MCSE/MCITP/MCSA/MCT certifications) to lead both technical teams and martial arts students. An interesting thread through his career is the blend of operational rigor and hands-on teaching—whether training a network team or guiding students to black belt.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at University of Maryland Global Campus
Github Skills (11)
molecule9
podman8
testing8
ansible8
python8
aws-sdk7
testinfra7
golang6
sdk6
aws6
marathon3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tendrilinc/marathon-autoscaler
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
A simple autoscaler for Marathon applications
Contributions:36 commits, 18 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year
golangautoscalermarathon
kernelpanek-tendril/marathon-autoscaler
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
golangautoscalermarathon
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