Geoff Halprin

Geoff Halprin has spent over 30 years as a software developer, system administrator, consultant, and troubleshooter. He has written software from system management tools to mission-critical billing systems, has built and run networks for enterprises of all sizes, and has been called upon to diagnose problems in every aspect of computing infrastructure and software.

He is the author of the System Administration Body of Knowledge (SA-BOK) and the USENIX Short Topics in System Administration book A System Administrator's Guide to Auditing. He was the recipient of the 2002 SAGE-AU award for outstanding contribution to the system administration profession.

Geoff has served on the boards of SAGE, SAGE-AU, USENIX, and LOPSA. He has spoken at over 20 conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, and the US.