Clint Savage
About Clint Savage
Clint Savage is a Senior Cloud Engineer at Adobe, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in systems administration and open source contributions, having held various roles at organizations such as The Linux Foundation and Red Hat.
Work at Adobe
Clint Savage has been employed at Adobe as a Senior Cloud Engineer since 2021. In this role, he leads a team dedicated to creating automation solutions for managing the lifecycle of data centers. Prior to his current position, he worked at Adobe as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer from 2018 to 2021. His experience at Adobe spans a total of five years, contributing to the company's cloud engineering and site reliability efforts.
Previous Employment History
Clint Savage has a diverse work history in technology and systems administration. He served as a Senior Systems Administrator at The Linux Foundation from 2012 to 2016 and at Backcountry.com from 2009 to 2010. Additionally, he worked at StoryRock, Inc. for six months in 2008. Before his tenure at Adobe, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat from 2016 to 2018. His early career included roles as a Web Trainer/Implementor at Digital Technology International and as a Linux Instructor at Guru Labs.
Education and Expertise
Clint Savage studied at Utah Valley University, where he earned an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Computer Science Programmer from 1997 to 2001. He possesses expertise in various technologies, including Kubernetes (specifically Openshift), CI/CD with Jenkins Pipelines, and cloud platforms such as AWS/EC2, GCE, and Azure. He is known for his problem-solving skills, particularly through bash scripting and configuration management.
Contributions to Open Source Projects
Clint Savage is actively involved in the open source community. He contributes to projects like the Fedora Project and the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE). He maintains several packages within the Fedora Project and has managed a complete Koji build system for the GoOSe Project. His commitment to open source extends to sharing knowledge through presentations at Local User Groups, focusing on system administration and the growth of open source in business and communities.
Leadership and Community Engagement
Clint Savage has held leadership roles in the open source community, including serving as Chief Executive of the Utah Open Source Foundation from 2006 to 2010. He previously organized the Utah Open Source Conference, now known as OpenWest, and Utah Python. His engagement in community activities reflects his dedication to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the tech community.