Speakers: Tom Bridge, Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Chris Dawe, Rich Trouton, Caleb Coy
Level: Panel Discussion
Excerpt: This session will consist of a brief talk introducing the Mac Admins Foundation, its mission, and history, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the Foundation’s board.
Description: Upon the acquisition of Slack by Salesforce, a group of longtime Mac Admins community members began considering the possibility that the special status of the Mac Admins Slack as a free Pro instance with nearly 50,000 members might be limited by factors outside the community’s control. Following discussion and research, the community members formed the Mac Admins Foundation with a mission of establishing the Mac Admins community as an truly independent community able to stand on its own..
About the speaker
Tom Bridge, Co-Chair
Tom Bridge is the Principal Product Manager for Apple Technologies at JumpCloud. He is also the producer of the Mac Admins Podcast. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Tiffany, their son Charlie, and large cat, Macro. Prior to joining JumpCloud, he was a partner at Technolutionary LLC, where he managed IT operations for more than 60 Mac-focused businesses, including the 9:30 Club, Arcadia, Navanti Group, and more.
Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Co-Chair
Emily Kausalik-Whittle is the Manager of Client Platform Engineering at Jamf, founder of Austin Apple Admins, and a co-host of the Mac Admins Podcast. Before joining Jamf she managed Apple technology for The Home Depot and various startups based in Austin. She holds a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in Music Theory and is based in the Austin, TX, area.
Chris Dawe, Secretary
Chris Dawe is a consultant specializing in Apple technologies and networking. A partner in Seattle-area consultancy Wheelwrights, Chris manages systems for a variety of businesses, speaks regularly on industry topics such as Wi-Fi and IT management, and helps lead the Shadowy Cabal running the regional meetup group Apple Admins of Seattle and the Great Northwest.
Rich Trouton, Treasurer
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including university, government, medical research, advertising and enterprise software development. His current position is at SAP, where he works with the rest of the Apple@SAP team to support SAP’s Apple community. Rich has also written for Peachpit, Apress and MacTech Magazine on various ways to manage Apple devices.
Caleb Coy, Chair Emeritus
Caleb Coy co-founded the Mac Admins Slack Community in 2015 and has served on the Admin team since. Caleb got his start in tech while working for Apple Retail in 2005, and has since worked in IT Support, Helpdesk Management, SaaS Ops, and SaaS Support. He is currently a QA Engineer at Kandji and Director of Operations at Night Shift Media Group.