He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a focus in Computer Information Systems from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and is currently focused on OpenStack operations and support within the Rackspace Private Cloud team. James is the author of the Learning OpenStack Networking, first and second editions, as well as OpenStack Networking Essentials. James can be found on Twitter at @jimmdenton and on Freenode (IRC) as jamesdenton.