Linda, a Cloud Architect and minority business owner, has been in the computer industry since 1991 and on the forefront of technology the entire time. She has been assisting Fortune 500 companies in defining and driving their technical strategy. Most recently has lead the adoption of emerging technology including cloud computing, virtualization, and next generation datacenter build out. She has achieved industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, EMC as well as degrees from Wilkes, Rowan and Lehigh University's' in Art, Statistics, Chemistry and International Economics. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and in close proximity to three of their four children. In her spare time she enjoys home skills of reading, sewing, gardening and putting up preserves as well as working in her home testing lab for new technologies.