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Christopher Gehring

Senior Director, Technology Operations
Technology Operations

  • Chris oversees the teams responsible for providing wired and wireless network, telecommunications, IT asset management, business continuity, and systems software and database management for all core computing platforms used at the university including directory services, e-mail, web based applications, storage architecture, and backup & recovery. His primary mission is centered around creating highly available, standardized systems platforms to increase uptime and continuity of operations.

    Before coming to American University in 2008, Chris served as a Principal Systems Engineer at CACI International, Inc., a government contracting firm based in Arlington, VA. There he worked to drive a model of consolidated computing, centralizing a distributed IT model spanning more than a hundred sites around the globe. His core focus was around creating a standardized computing architecture to drive performance, availability, and business continuity. Chris holds the Masters degree from George Mason University in Telecommunications and the Bachelor of Science degree from Shenandoah University in Computer Information Systems, Cum Laude.

  • Degrees

    BS, Shenandoah University
    MS, George Mason University

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    Server Room

    Languages Spoken:

    English, Japanese

  • OFFICE

  • OIT - Tech Operations
  • Wisconsin (4620) - 4th Floor

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-2239 (Office)
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Partnerships & Affiliations

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Professional Presentations

  • Grinnell, M., and Lococo, M. (2010, April) Hot Topic Discussion: Virtualization Security.  Presentation at EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference, Atlanta, GA. http://net.educause.edu/sec10
  • Grinnell, M. (2009, November) Secure Coding Workshop.  Presentation at American University, Washington, DC. https://sharepoint.american.edu/sites/infosec/securedevelopment/default.aspx
  • Deneault, P., and Grinnell, M. (2009, April) Network Monitoring with Argus, NetFlow, and Other Tools.  Presentation at EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference, Atlanta, GA. http://net.educause.edu/sec09
  • Grinnell, M., and Weakland, E. (2008, October) Workshop: Using Snort.  Workshop at Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing and Networking (VA SCAN). Blacksburg, VA. http://www.cpe.vt.edu/vascan2008
  • Fernandez, T., Grinnell, M., and Weakland, E. (2007, October) Poof: No More Viruses.  Presentation at the Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) Fall Conference. Orlando, FL. http://www.siguccs.org/ | http://www.siguccs.org/Conference/Fall2007/
  • Grinnell, M. and Manila, H. (2007, June) Deploying CCA in Administrative Departments.  Presentation at the ResNet Symposium, San Diego, CA. http://resnetsymposium.org/ | http://resnetsymposium.org/resnet2007/
  • Grinnell, M. and Manila, H. (2006, June) Deploying and Managing Cisco Clean Access at American University.  Presentation at the ResNet Symposium, Bowling Green, OH. http://resnetsymposium.org/ | http://resnetsymposium.org/symposia/bgsu2006/

 

Research Interests

  • Virtualization
  • Systems Consolidation
  • Business Continuity

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