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Career Development Council (CDC) Members

Jared Lau

Platform Engineer

Employed at BYU full time since Jan 2014 as a Linux Platform Engineer

MS Information Systems from Western Governors – March 2014

BS Information Systems, emphasis in programing from BYU Hawaii - April 2003
Certifications
· Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator
· CISSP
· AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Prior to BYU worked as a Government Contractor:
· AIS Security Analyst 2011-2014
· System Administrator 2006-2007 and 2009-2011
· Senior Engineer 2007-2009
Engineer 2003-2006
Rod Payne

Systems Engineer

Forty-two years diversified systems experience, including:
· Lead Systems Programmer, BYU, Oct. 1977 - May 1978;
· Manager of Systems and Operations, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, May 1978 -July 1986;
· Director of Information Services, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, July 1986 to May 1998;
· IT Sr. Tech. Specialist, Kaleida Health, May 1998 to Feb. 2017;
· OIT Systems Engineer, BYU, returning to BYU Feb. 2017.

Holder of Certified Computing Professional (CCP), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA) certifications.

Parent of seven adult children and grandparent for twenty-one children.
Jesse Lyons

Software Developer
Employed at BYU full time since May of 1995
· Application Developer since May 1995
· BS Electrical Engineering Dec 1998
· Linux systems engineer 2003 to 2016

Completed several certifications including:
· HP-UX Associate Certification
· Java Certification
· AWS Certified Assoicate Architect

Familiar with several instruction sets including: C, nodejs, java, bash, html, css, vuejs, python, perl and others

Served in the Arizona Tempe Mission 91-93. Parent of 5 girls no boys.
How to Contact / Interact with your CDC Leader

In order to schedule an appointment with the CDC please contact:

Please note: Before meeting with the CDC, it would be helpful to come prepared with your completed “S-curve” chart and having taken time to reflect upon your own career desires and aspirations. Strong consideration should be given to personal aptitudes, skills and interests. Please know that the CDC will be a good resource to share your thoughts and feelings with and to receive feedback, guidance and direction, but that the majority of the initiative and effort will need to come from the Community member.