Robert E. Jackson - Simplifying Service Management with Consul: Overcome connectivity and security challenges within dynamic service architectures

Overcome connectivity and security challenges within dynamic service architectures

Robert E. Jackson

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Robert E. Jackson earned his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1997, and since then has found himself in a multitude of pre- and post-sales positions with various successful start-ups, mostly in the network access technology space. He has played multiple roles over the course of his career, including sales engineer, solutions engineer, integration engineer, network engineer, and product manager. Throughout all of these engineering positions he never learned to drive a train, but he was able to experience the digital transformation from traditional data centers to cloud computing from multiple viewpoints. He is currently employed at HashiCorp as a senior solutions engineer, based in the northeast area of the United States.

Special acknowledgements to Ancil McBarnett for his continued support and guidance, and for taking a chance on an old cable guy. I would also like to thank Patrick Roche and Gina Cocivera-Wright for their encouragement you guys are the best cheerleaders. Last but certainly not least I would like to thank Rachael Jackson for the weekend, nights, and anxiety-ridden freak-outs throughout the creation of this book.

Alex Schenck is a senior solutions engineer at HashiCorp. He holds a BSc in information technology, focusing on network engineering, from the New England Institute of Technology and an MSc in management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has worked as an IT admin, tech support engineer, sales engineer, and solutions architect for a variety of organizations, including EMC and Zerto. In his spare time, he enjoys flying his 1978 Piper Archer II, learning German as a second language, and traveling. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Melissa and two cats, Maid and Butler.

I would like to thank Rob for giving me the opportunity to be a part of his journey in creating this book. Reviewing his content gave me an opportunity to grow as a technologist, and you learn a lot about a person through their writing style. I am happy to count Rob as a friend and colleague at HashiCorp and I am honored to have taken this journey with him.

Thank you to Shagun at Packt as well, for her enormous patience and keeping me on track.

Ed Featherston is a Distinguished Technologist with more than thirty-nine years of designing and delivering Enterprise Architecture (EA) solutions for the most complex technical environments. Ed's experience has included consulting engagements with numerous Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries, including financial services, government, pharmaceutical, and retail. He has significant expertise in systems integration, including internet and intranet, client/server, and middleware technologies. He's successfully evaluated current-state architecture and business and system requirements and then formulated and supported the architecture and integration strategy. Ed's used best practices and sound processes to rebuild IT organizations by integrating and aligning business applications and defining roles and responsibilities to achieve optimal business performance and technology functionality.

In recent years, Ed has also expanded his profile to become a leading voice on technology industry trends including cloud computing and blockchain. He regularly engages in industry conversations on social media channels like Twitter and routinely shares learnings, insights, and best practices with his 5,500 followers.