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 30yr 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 IT-Security Forum. Through his position with Virginia Tech IT, he also helps the Virginia Cyber Range as a Lead Systems Engineer, 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. Tweeks runs various coding, robotics, and cybersecurity related STEM per year in his VT and surrounding communities with the goal of helping transform our growing consumer generation more into a generation of innovators and designers.. or "Transforming kids from takers into makers". Tweeks has waters the STEM grass roots of his community via STEM & home schooling workshops, coaching the first homeschool "VA Cyber Cup" team, coaching First Lego League, teaching arduino/C++ 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.
"What is Cyber Security?",
for ICAT/Jr High kids, 2021.

  • Chairman of the RBTC IT-Security Forum, for quarterly, technical IT-Security events. (2014-Present).
  • 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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