
Alice Kaerast
Alice is a devops engineer based in Leeds, they graduated from the University of Bradford with a BSc in E-Commerce Technologies; specialising in cryptography and systems administration.
They have 15 years experience in Devops and Linux systems administration, both Debian and Redhat based. They have strong abilities in PHP, HTML5 and Ruby; with some javascript experience and interests in more obscure languages such as Io.
They have extensive commercial experience in supporting the customer service, manufacturing, web development, accountancy, education, local government, charity and arboriculture sectors.
They are an advocate of lean and agile methodologies, a mentor for small local businesses and freelancers. They are a strong believer in open-source technologies and a strong contributor to the local tech communities and user groups.