Automate Your Network

John Capobianco

My name is John Capobianco ! a 20-year IT professional who has fallen in love with automation. I created this website to help other IT professionals learn how to modernize their approach to problem solving with automated DevOps infrastructure as code

Education and Certifications Computer Programmer Analyst St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario September 2000 – May 2003 Recipient of RC SHORT FIRST DECADE PRIZE “Awarded to a graduate student of any program who has returned to college to further his or her education after a period of absence from the formal educational system; and has demonstrated the ideal of lifelong learning” CompTIA A+ December 2004 CompTIA Network+ May 2006 Microsoft Certified Professional: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) May 2007 Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician: Windows XP May 2007 Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration August 2008 Microsoft® Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support Technician on Windows Vista August 2008 Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration July 2009 Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration September 2009 Microsoft® Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 October 2009 Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration November 2009 Microsoft® Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 January 2010 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) April 2010 ITIL Foundation September 2010 Microsoft® Certified Solutions Associate: Windows Server 2008 April 2012 Microsoft Certified Professional: Microsoft Certified Professional April 2012 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) June 2014 Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation June 2014 Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Core June 2014 Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) June 2015 Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) November 2015 Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Design November 2015 CCNA Data Center December 2017 Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Design June 2019 CCNP Data Center December 2019 Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Core December 2019 Career in IT Information Technology Systems Officer Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Kingston, Ontario May 2002 – June 2004 IT Administrator Marine Museum, Kingston, Ontario June 2004 – August 2004 Information Technology Support Analyst Limestone District School Board, Kingston, Ontario August 2004 – January 2005 QA Analyst – infoWeb platform Xenos, North York, Ontario January 2005 – May 2005 Managed Services – Network / Server Analyst GenX Solutions, Toronto, Ontario June 2005 – December 2005 Sr. Desktop Support Analyst Empire Life, Kingston, Ontario December 2005 – June 2008 Network / Server Analyst II Empire Life, Kingston, Ontario June 2008 – August 2013 Professor, Computer Networking and Technical Support Program COMP 213 – Windows Server 2008 R2 COMP 223 – Network Design St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario January 2010 – August 2013 Sr. Infrastructure Architect House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario August 2013 – August 2015 Technical Advisor House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario August 2015 – April 2019 Sr. IT Planner and Integrator House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario April 2019 – present Self-Published: "Automate Your Network: Introducing the Modern Approach to Enterprise Network Management March 2018