Ep. 068, Façade Pattern

Kevin Jarnot, CIO of Uptime Institute, is our guest for episode #068. Kevin proves there is no set path to becoming a CIO. He was interrogated by the Secret Service in college, his band opened for Run DMC, and he ran a financial services company off the cable modem in his basement. Nowadays Kevin is a thought leader for some of the largest data centers in existence. Hear Kevin's story and transformation in our latest Underserved episode!   The incredible Franklin Ace 1000 computer - http://oldcomputers.net/ace1000.html Buffalo BBS scene - https://www.reddit.com/r/Buffalo/comments/gwas9/who_remembers_the_wny_bbs_scene/ WWIV BBS software: https://www.wwivbbs.org/   Some band photos: http://www.jarnot.com/facade/musicawards_1_lg.jpg http://www.jarnot.com/facade/musicawards_2_lg.jpg http://www.jarnot.com/facade/group-photo1.jpg http://www.jarnot.com/facade/musicawards_4_lg.jpg   Mentions of Nest Egg: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/07/31/financially-plugged-in/ https://news.microsoft.com/1997/11/05/make-the-world-wide-web-your-oyster/