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CA Event Management & Automation Community Member Spotlight (July 2014): Russell Fitzgerald, Navy Federal Credit Union

By Lenn Thompson posted Jul 22, 2014 10:31 AM

  

Once a month we'll shine our virtual spotlight on one of the CA Event Management & Automation community's members. It's just a fun, easy way for us to get to know one another a little bit beyond our work-related interactions here on the site.

 

This month, we're featuring Russell Fitzgerald from Navy Federal Credit Union -- who also happens to be the president of the community's board.

 

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Manager, IT Process Automation

 

Based in

I am located in Pensacola, Florida. I relocated here in August of 2013. The majority of my professional career was spent in the Washington DC area.

 

Former Job(s)

I am a former Marine. I was in the Corps from October 1986 - October 1990. I joined Navy Federal in September 1991 and in November of 2000, I took a position at Merrill Lynch. I was there for a year and returned to Navy Federal. I have been in automation for close to 20 years which includes both mainframe and distributed systems.

 

What do you enjoy about your work?

It's never boring. I enjoy the capabilities that automation brings to datacenter management. I am a huge advocate of automation and will often reach out to educate areas within IT on the benefits of automation and system management.

 

About your family

I have been married for 25 years. I have an adult daughter that's 24 years old. My wife just completed her Graphics Design degree from Art Institute of Pittsburgh, online division.

 

Three favorite movies

Full Metal Jacket

Die Hard Series

Aliens

 

Favorite book

Stephen King's "The Dark Half"

 

Hobbies

Fishing. Since relocating to Florida last year, I have spent a lot of time researching techniques of fishing on the Gulf. I spend quite a bit of time fishing since getting here and have been very successful pulling Pompano, Redfish and Sheepshead from the Gulf.

 

Interesting fact about yourself

I am a passionate MMORPG fan and player.

 

Thank you, Russell for being under the spotlight! Cheers!

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