Thomas Weeks' Bio:


Tom, or "Tweeks" as he is known, an an EET / Telecom grad from Texas A&M, has worked for several large government, IT/Security and Web Hosting firms over his career 25yr career. Before accepting an offer at Virginia Tech as the IT department's Future Technology Director, he filled various technical and engineering roles at Rackspace Hosting from their inception 17yrs prior. Tweeks is a seasoned Sys-Admin & hands on security professional who has enjoyed leading Linux/RHCE/Sys-Admin/Internet security training for around 18 years. He's a published Linux author, and sits as the technical lead for our regional technology council's Cyber Security Forum. Through his position with Virginia Tech IT, he also helps the Virginia Cyber Range as a consulting systems architect, security course developer and lab-VM image designer.

In his spare time, Tweeks is passionate about teaching kids to peek behind the curtain of modern technology through various community STEM related groups and opportunities.. to help transform our growing consumer generation more into a generation of innovators and designers.. or "Transforming kids from takers into makers". He waters the STEM grass roots of his community by offering various STEM related home schooling workshops, coaching First Lego League, teaching coding/robotics classes with Let's Code Blacksburg! and helping run the High Power Rocketry club nrvr.org.



Let's Code Blacksburg! Kids Coding
Classes, "Arduino Microcontrollers"
and "PyGame", 2014
STEM work with Big Brothers Big
Sisters in the NRV, 2015.
Girls STEM Arduino Coding classes,
w/Virginia Tech, 2017.

  • STEM Instructor & core committee member for Let's Code Blacksburg! community tech-education group (2013-Present).
  • Founding coach of the NRV homeschooler's First Lego League team, the Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies" (2015-2019)
  • Founder and officer of the New River Valley (High Power) Rocketry group (nrvr.org) (2011-Present).
  • Blacksburg STEM committee member of the Roanoke - Blacksburg Technology Council (2013-2019).
  • Founder of the San Antonio technology/LUG (user group) "X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio" (xcssa.org) (president 1996-2010)
  • Advisor of the San Antonio Hackerspace 10bitworks.com (2008)

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