Alex Bron

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Hi there! I’m Alex, a seasoned automation consultant at Conclusion Xforce. Next to that I am the Technical Coach for our Automation (Ansible Automation Platform) focus group, and as a Red Hat Certified Instructor I deliver different Red Hat trainings on a regular basis.

Linux

While studying mechanical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, I was introduced to something new: a stack of 3.5" floppy disks and on it a Unix operating system for IBM PC, and it was free. Its name was Linux; my first distribution was Slackware and the year was 1993. And I never let go again - despite dealing with account managers who told me Linux would never be a commercially viable choice, I kept playing and working with it. Got my first Red Hat Certified Engineer certification 25 years ago, in the year 2000 when the RHCE program was freshly introduced. Re-certified on RHEL-3, 5, 7 and 9 (I have a preference for the odd numbers), I became Red Hat Certified Architect in the year 2017.

Ansible

Around 2014, Configuration Management tools (like Puppet and Cfengine) were hot and booming, but I couldn’t get the hang of it. That changed when in 2017 I got a “new” computer, needed to upgrade to RHEL-7 and worried about all the manual stuff that I would have to sort out again. So I decided to automate everything - and I choose Ansible for that. Since that moment I’ve been fully focused on Ansible and the Ansible Automation Platform. Certified on all Red Hat exams related to Ansible, I can say that I know my way around with it. And happy to share that knowledge, e.g. on Red Hat Summit Connect and our own Conclusion Xforce Impact event.

Let’s Connect

If you want to know more about me, check out my LinkedIn profile. If you want to engage with me regarding your Ansible and automation challenges, please reach out to Iliass Laghmouchi or Mark Dudock, our account managers at Conclusion Xforce.