Michael Bellerue

Michael Bellerue has been working in tech for well over 25 years, many of those years as a sysadmin using monitoring tools to monitor various devices and environments. A jack of all trades in IT, Michael has solved diverse IT issues throughout the years and is known for creative solutions to those irritating IT problems.

Michael likes bringing teams together — if there’s a grudge, he’s the one throwing out the olive branch. He also learned early on not to accept “it can’t be done.” He had a friend who would pass along whatever limitations others placed on a problem, and more often than not, they’d find out the thing could, in fact, be done. After a while, Michael wised up. His response became simple: “Challenge accepted.” Them: “Nagios can’t do APM.” Michael: “Challenge accepted.”

His areas of expertise include Nagios, Proxmox, ZFS, (and of course, puns.) He’s also been diving down the SNMP rabbit hole for the last year. If you want to find him after the session, challenge him to a round of Valheim or Astroneer.