Jesse Robbins

Jesse Robbins
Born 1978 [1]
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts [2]
Residence Seattle, WA[1]
Education Mission College Firefighter Academy [2]
Occupation Founder of Opscode (creators of Chef)[1]
Known for Contributions to Computer Science, Web Operations/DevOps, & Emergency Management [1]
Website
www.openaid.org

Jesse Robbins (born 1978) is an American entrepreneur, engineer, author,[3] speaker, emergency manager, and firefighter [4][5] notable for his contributions in the field of Web operations & DevOps. He was honored with the prestigious Technology Review TR35 award for "transforming the way Web companies design and manage complex networks of servers and software"[1] during his tenure at Amazon.com, his subsequent creation of the Velocity Web Performance & Operations Conference, and as founding CEO & Chief Community Officer of Opscode.[6][7][8][9]

Robbins edited the Web Operations[3] book and is a contributor to the O’Reilly Radar.

History

Prior to founding Opscode, Robbins worked at Amazon.com with the title of “Master of Disaster” where he was responsible for Website Availability for every property bearing the Amazon brand.[1][6][10]

Robbins served as a Firefighter and Emergency Manager and led a task force deployed in Operation Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[4][5]

He also started BarCampBank in the US.[11]

Awards and recognition

2011 - Robbins was selected by Technology Review magazine as one of the top "35 under 35" TR35 innovators in for his work building Fault-tolerant online infrastructure at Amazon.com and at Opscode.[1]

2010 - Robbins was selected by the Business Journal as one of the top "40 under 40" entrepreneurs in 2010 for founding Opscode and raising $13 million dollars in venture capital funding.[2][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Technology Review TR35 Profile: Jesse Robbins". http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=1108. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
  2. ^ a b c "2010 40 UNDER 40 JESSE ROBBINS". http://www2.bizjournals.com/seattle/events/2010/40_under_40/jesse_robbins.html. Retrieved 2011-12-14. 
  3. ^ a b Robbins, Jesse; Allspaw, John (2010). Web operations : keeping the data on time (1st ed.). Beijing: O'Reilly. pp. 336. ISBN 978-1-4493-7744-1. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920000136.do. 
  4. ^ a b Ginsburg, Janet (7 July 2008). "The Do-Good Imperative". Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2008/tc2008076_973163.htm. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  5. ^ a b King, Rachael (7 July 2008). "Making Maps Work When Disaster Strikes". Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2008/tc2008076_867685.htm/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  6. ^ a b c John, Cook (16 September 2010). "Fourteen local techies under 40, and the cool stuff they've done". Puget Sound Business Journal - Techflash. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/40_under_40_tech_edition.html. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  7. ^ Mets, Cade (26 October 2011). "The Chef, the Puppet, and the Sexy IT Admin". Wired Magazine. http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/chef_and_puppet/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Vance, Ashlee (1 September 2011). "Puppet, Chef Ease Transition to Cloud Computing". Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/puppet-chef-ease-transition-to-cloud-computing-09012011.html. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  9. ^ John, Cook (9 August 2011). "Ex-Avanade boss Mitch Hill jumps back into the startup world, joins Opscode as CEO". Geekwire. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/exavanade-ceo-mitch-hill-jumps-startup-frying-pan-joins-opscode-ceo. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  10. ^ Miller, Rich (8 August 2011). "Mitch Hill Takes Helm as CEO of Opscode". DataCenterKnowledge. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/08/09/mitch-hill-takes-helm-as-ceo-of-opscode/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  11. ^ "BarCampBank this summer". http://www.netbanker.com/2008/06/are_you_going_to_barcampbank_this_summer.html.