Thanks for visiting my site! My name is Justin Barksdale, and this is my weblog about various technical subjects and the occasional personal topic.
Personal Information
I live with my wife Shannon and our 5 kids in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I enjoy camping and fishing with my family in my spare time when I am not working. I also enjoy playing golf when I am able.
Professional Information
I’ve been in the Information Technology field for more than 15 years, starting out as a help desk support technician. I have worked as a field engineer for a large service provider, a solutions architect for a small VAR in the local area where I also was a practice lead in the Communications Division. Since joining Cisco in 2014 I have been a Systems Engineer covering some of the largest Universities in Pennsylvania and in my current role i serve as a Technical Solutions Architect supporting our Enterprise customers focusing mostly on Data Center and Cloud technologies.
If you’d like more information, my LinkedIn profile is available here, and my GitHub profile is available here.
Disclaimer
Any views or opinions expressed here are strictly my own and not those of my employer (or any past employer). While I am a blogger who works for Cisco, blogging is not my job for that vendor; it’s my personal passion. As this is a personal blog, not a corporate blog, I am solely responsible for all content published here. Content published here is not read, reviewed, or approved in advance by my employer and does not necessarily represent or reflect the views or opinions of my employer or any of its divisions, subsidiaries, or business partners.