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Tech Evangelist

Chrystal Taylor

Chrystal Taylor is a dedicated technologist with nearly a decade of experience and has built her career by leveraging curiosity to solve problems, no matter the size, industry, or client. Whether tinkering with the family computer, or inflicting general destruction in MS-DOS Tank Wars, Taylor has always been a geek.

Taylor is a SolarWinds deployment veteran who’s built a successful IT career by translating client needs into optimized and performant systems. She loves customizing current deployments to ensure systems grow in tandem with user needs. She’s achieved several SolarWinds certifications. A THWACK® MVP since 2011, she understands the power of community and the SolarWinds commitment to its users.

In her role as the Global Services Team Lead for Loop1 Systems, Taylor was the troubleshooting sniper, handling technical escalation for the engineering team, providing break/fix and augmentation support, and assisting clients as the subject matter expert for SolarWinds® Orion® Platform and Security Event Manager (SEM) (formerly Log & Event Manager) products. Her focus on capacity planning, server architecture, and troubleshooting allow her to attack any issue on multiple fronts.

Find her on Bluesky @chrystalt87.bsky.social

The Latest Posts Featuring Chrystal Taylor

Digital Detoxing — SolarWinds TechPod 087
June 11, 2024
Podcast TechPod
Have you ever tried to scroll up a piece of paper? Have you described a GIF during an actual conversation? To save you from these embarrassing situations, hosts Chrystal Taylor…
Marketing Stigmas Destigmafied! — SolarWinds TechPod 086
May 14, 2024
Podcast TechPod
Terms like marketing* are often associated with a long list of negative connotations and an image of a cartoon thief sneaking around a corner with a huge bag of cash…
Pardon Our Dust: Bringing THWACKcamp to You — SolarWinds TechPod 085
April 9, 2024
Podcast TechPod
Get a peek behind the scenes of THWACKcamp, the free virtual learning event for SolarWinds customers. Hosts Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring talk to THWACKcamp Executive Producer Matt Murray about…
AI Pipeline: Surfing from Concept to Product Reality — SolarWinds TechPod 084
March 12, 2024
Podcast TechPod
In this conversation, hosts Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor talk with Derek Daly, Principal AIOps Product Manager at SolarWinds. He discusses his career journey and the role of AI and…
Speaking of THWACKcamp…
February 14, 2024
Events
For those who don’t know, THWACKcamp is our free annual community event. This year’s virtual IT extravaganza takes place on April 17 – 18, and we can’t wait to share…
Underdog vs. Top Dog — SolarWinds TechPod 083
February 13, 2024
Podcast TechPod
They say the grass is always greener in another office. Right? In an era of job hopping and layoffs, working for a startup versus an established global company is an…
IT Trends and Predictions for 2024 — SolarWinds TechPod 082
January 9, 2024
Podcast TechPod
I wonder what’s next? Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor discuss the tech trends and predictions published by Gartner, Forrester, and VMblog, with Global Tech Evangelist for Observability Sascha Giese. Can…
A Very Merry TechPod — SolarWinds TechPod 081
December 12, 2023
Podcast TechPod
The SolarWinds podcast crossover event you’ve all been waiting for: Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring talk with Movies & Mainframes host Andy Garibay about the best, weirdest, and most confusing…
IT’s Event Season — SolarWinds TechPod 080
November 14, 2023
Podcast TechPod
If you think attending a tech industry event is chaotic just imagine trying to organize one. SolarWinds’ Senior Manager of Events Valerie Rivir chats about the ins and outs of…
IT Pro Day 2023
September 19, 2023
Events
It’s IT Pro Day! It’s the time of year we all get together to recognize the hard work IT Pros do all year round. So, let’s gather ‘round the warmth…
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