Developer
John David Perkins is a Software Developer at Rackspace on the OSIC team and active contributor to Openstack. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawai`i at Hilo in May of 2013. While earning his degree, he volunteered to manage the resident supercomputer, Huinalu, delivering a bespoke Rocks Cluster distribution, and wrote genetic algorithms to complete research for the National Science Foundation that involved physics models and GIS map data to predict avalanche flows. Johns passions include cloud computing, OSS, and volunteerism.