Justin Pruitt is a Systems Analyst at eKeeper Systems; he came to us with over 10 years of IT experience in hardware/software support and network engineering.
Length of time at eKeeper: since September 2020
- What was your first job? Lawncare specialist, which is to say: mowing yards
- What is your earliest computer or internet memory? Earliest: playing games on a Commodore 64; next memory is of playing The Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe
- What’s the homepage to your browser set to? start.me
- # of computers in your house: Somewhere between 5 and 10 comprising some flavor of MacOS, Linux, and Windows.
- What’s your favorite movie? Star Wars franchise, Fast and Furious franchise, Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise
- Pets: 3 dogs; Ronan, Tiger, and Ezra
- Family you want to boast about? My wife, Erin
- Play any instruments? Piano, keyboards, guitars (electric and acoustic), bass, drums, saxophones, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, percussion
- Childhood hero: Paul McCartney (and still is)
- Favorite food: Macaroni and cheese
- What is your dream Jeopardy category? Star Wars Trivia
- Would you rather lose everything on your HDD or everything in your wallet, car and desk? Everything on a HDD.
- What would we find you doing on your day off? Listening to or studying music, making music, reading, watching movies, or playing video or board games.
- What’s the longest you’ve gone sitting at a computer in one stretch? 17-18 hours
- Name something on your bucket list: Beard Goals: To grow a beard like David Crowder from around 2010, then grow it to be like William Lee Golden or Billy Gibbons. Dream: To visit Abbey Road Studios in London and record a song there.
- Something most people don’t know about you? I’m as introverted as they come and am terribly shy.
Certifications:
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Project+
- CompTIA Cloud Essentials
- ITIL Foundation
- Cisco Certified Meraki Network Operator
- Microsoft MTA: Database Fundamentals
- Linux Essentials
- CIW User Interface Designer
- CIW Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist
- CIW Site Development Associate