Aaron Toponce (pictured above, with wife Keri and daughter Jackie) is the author and maintainer of this site. I have extensive knowledge and skills in many Linux and UNIX-like environments. Such skills include Python, CSH/Bash scripting, kernel hacking, network administration, MySQL, PHP, (X)HTML, XML, CSS, C/C++, Perl and JavaScript. I have been working with Linux for many years, starting with Sun Solaris in the late ’90s, migrating through Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Mandrake, Ubuntu, Debian and many others.
I currently work at Guru Labs as a Linux instructor. Guru Labs is a leading Linux training company, with nearly 10 years experience. As a client of Guru Labs training, you can choose the Linux distribution that you would like training on. The training is hands on, with lab exercises and extensive courseware material. The instructors are highly skilled and well qualified to teach any distribution. Guru Labs is all about making administrators Linux administrators.
My education currently consists of pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with an emphasis in Software Engineering both from Weber State University. My current fields of study are cryptography/encryption and web-based standards. I am also a Red Hat Certified Engineer.
If you would like to contact me, you can find me under the nick “atoponce” or “encryptz” in the following irc.freenode.net channels:
#oalug, #ubuntu-utah, #utahpython and ##dvorak.
I am also always available via instant messaging on Jabber only. JabberID: xmpp://aaron@aarontoponce.org.
Because encryption is such an integral part of my life, here is listed my public key. You will need it to verify any email I sends to you, as I always sign my personal email: 0×808606F.
