Draft:James Curtis (Thought Leader)

James Curtis is an American Writer and Cyber Security and Reliability Thought Leader.

Education
Curtis received his associate's degree from Western Nebraska Community College.

He began working in IT in Western Nebraska in 2008.

Early Career
While in school for IT, Curtis interned at a hospital in Western Nebraska. Shortly after, he relocated to Sacramento, CA where he continued his career in IT.

Cyber Security & Reliability
In 2019 he began giving talks, and writing articles on various topics, including Cyber Security, Site Reliability , and Observability. His talked ranged from technical demonstrations, to how to build distributed security teams.

Published Works
In 2023 Curtis published his first book Cribl Stream Fundamentals