About Jamieson Becker

Jamieson created solutions ranging from LAMP platforms to open systems security standards and enterprise messaging frameworks for some of the world's biggest companies, including Ford, GM, Roche, T-Mobile, Cargill, Eli Lilly, WalMart, Disney, Deutsche Bank, HP, ABN AMRO, RJ Reynolds, Compaq, Clalbit (Tel Aviv), HP Globalsoft (India), and Bank of America, managing projects responsible for building tens of thousands of servers, as a consultant for HP, IBM, and LabArts.

Jamieson co-authored the DBA's Guide to Databases Under Linux (Egan, Becker, Zikopoulos, et al) his first book more than a decade ago and is now a frequent author and contributor to industry journals as well as speaker and has spoken at conferences in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Jamieson led M&A technical teams for HP, as well as technical teams for major projects such as the secure worldwide LinuxCOE for a Fortune 10 energy firm, standardized LAMP stack for a Fortune 10 financial firm, multiple projects for Fortune #1 for worldwide deployment, and a 30,000 seat thin-client deployment at a Big Auto manufacturer.

Jamieson has developed cloud filesystems (POSIX and non-POSIX), UX and complete front-end applications, QA testing suites, RESTful and SOAP API, large migrations, security standards and hardening systems, and countless architectures for mission-critical projects in numerous industries, including finance, manufacturing, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

Jamieson has lived and traveled around the world and now lives with his wife and four awesome little kids in the lush and humid jungle of Houston, TX, where he is building a new startup.