Jonathan Hobson is a professional Dev/Ops engineer who provides round-the-clock application and server support to one of the world's largest online newspapers. He has been using CentOS since its inception, and as the author of the best-selling CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook, Packt Publishing (ISBN-13: 978-1849519021), Jonathan maintains a strong reputation for the generation of ideas, problem solving, building business confidence, and finding innovative solutions in challenging environments.

Jonathan has worked in a variety of environments, and with more than 20 years of experience as a professional developer, database administrator, and server engineer, he continues to support the open source community at large.

Following a wide range of interests beyond the computer screen, Jonathan also enjoys walking his dogs and getting out and about in the great outdoors.