A little about myself…  My name is Chris Hendrick and I grew up and live in Massachusetts.  I graduated with a degree in English and Philosophy from Colgate University (great school!) and a few years later received an MSIT (Masters of Science in Information Technology) from Clark University (also great!)  Computers and technology started for me as a hobby and turned into a career.  No one makes money with an English and Philosophy degree!  I started work right after undergrad at Genzyme Corporation as a Systems Administrator.  I had interned there as desktop support so the transition wasn’t difficult as I already knew many of the faces in the IT (then MIS) department.  I worked in various capacities supporting mainly the Microsoft technology stack and then later Unix and SAN storage.  Then in late 2006, I became the manager of the team that delivered and operated those technologies and a few others.  I worked in that capacity until mid-2011 when I came to work at EMC as the manager of the vLab Platform Team.  vLab is really cool and I’ll certainly be writing about it in future posts!  All in all, I have about 7 years as an individual contributor and 7 years as a manger in technology.  As a result, I believe I have a perspective that can lend value to the community – at least I hope so.  If you want all the gory details on my resume, here is my LinkedIn profile – feel free to connect!

I certainly haven’t worked in the industry as long as some, nor do I profess to have the answers to all questions concerning the topic at hand.  That said, I hope to impart some information and start a dialogue with my readers on what it means to be a leader in the field of technology.  Thanks for reading, more soon.

-Chris