Congrats to the
Mac Admins Foundation on their successful launch!
We were honored to be joined by several board members
of the Mac Admins foundation including returning guests Tom
Bridge and Rich
Trouton, and new voice Chris Dawe.
The Mac Admins
Slack workspace currently serves almost 50,000 members, with
approximately 5,000 monthly active members. Beyond providing for
the use of community tools like the Mac Admins Slack workspace, the
mission of the Mac Admins Foundation is to foster
connections, share and preserve knowledge, protect the the
independence of the community, and maintain broad accessibility to
all community resources.
TOM BRIDGE, CO-CHAIR
Tom Bridge is the Principal Product Manager for Apple
Technologies at JumpCloud. He is also the producer of the
Mac Admins Podcast. He lives in Washington, D.C.
with his wife Tiffany, their son Charlie, and large cat, Macro.
Prior to joining JumpCloud, he was a partner at Technolutionary
LLC, where he managed IT operations for more than 60 Mac-focused
businesses, including the 9:30 Club, Arcadia, Navanti Group, and
more.
RICH TROUTON, TREASURER
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server
administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a
number of different environments, including university, government,
medical research, advertising and enterprise software development.
His current position is at SAP, where he works with the rest of
the Apple@SAP team to support SAP's Apple community. Rich has
also written for Peachpit, Apress and MacTech Magazine on various
ways to manage Apple devices.
CHRIS DAWE, SECRETARY
Chris Dawe is a consultant specializing in Apple
technologies and networking. A partner in Seattle-area consultancy
Wheelwrights, Chris manages systems for a variety of
businesses, speaks regularly on industry topics such as Wi-Fi and
IT management, and helps lead the Shadowy Cabal running the
regional meetup group Apple Admins of Seattle and the Great
Northwest.
