Would you trust this guy with your computers?
My name is Stephen Foskett, and I’m a pack rat personally, though I’m the opposite professionally! I’ve worked as a vendor-independent storage consultant to end users for more than a decade, managing services and “doing the work” at companies like Paranet, StorageNetworks, GlassHouse Technologies, and now Contoural.
I have been a contributing editor, columnist, and feature writer for industry publications, most notably TechTarget’s excellent Storage magazine, which I am proud to have been involved with since the first issue. I also speak at industry conferences, including a long-running stint giving the “storage 101″ sessions at Storage Decisions, as well as teaching a full-day seminar on storage virtualization. I was awarded Microsoft MVP status in the area of File System Storage in 2008.
I now live in Northeast Ohio (Wooster, to be exact), but spent most of my career in the Metro-West area of Massachusetts after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Society/Technology Studies. Most of my professional work has been with big companies, including at US Robotics/3Com, Texaco (in Houston), and major financial companies.
I have been married for a decade, have three children under 8 years old, and have a wide set of personal interests, from sports cars and racing, computer history, literature and music, and the Boston Red Sox. I’ve also written and spoken on some of these topics in the past - particularly regarding J. D. Salinger and my strange fixation on Mazda and Ferrari cars.
