Harry Foxwell

Harry is currently Associate Professor at George Mason University's Department of Information Sciences and Technology where he teaches graduate courses in Data Analytics. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason University's Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has also taught graduate courses there in operating systems, computer architecture and security, and electronic commerce.

He previously worked as Principal Engineer for Oracle's Public Sector division in the Washington DC area, where he was responsible for solutions consulting and customer education on Cloud Computing, Big Data, Solaris and Linux operating systems, and Virtualization technologies.

Harry worked for Oracle and Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle in 2010) from 1995 through 2017. Prior to that he worked as a UNIX and Internet specialist for Digital Equipment Corporation; he has worked with UNIX systems since 1979 and with Linux since 1995.

He is co-author of the book Pro OpenSolaris (Apress, April 2009) and Sun BluePrints: Slicing and Dicing Servers: A Guide to Virtualization and Containment Technologies (Sun BluePrints Online, October 2005); The Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers: Virtualization in the Solaris Operating System (Sun BluePrints Online, October 2006); and READ_ME_FIRST: What Do I Do With All of Those SPARC Threads? (Oracle Technical White Paper, August 2013). He is co-author of Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration The Complete Reference (Oracle Press, September 2012).

Harry is a Vietnam veteran; he served as a Platoon Sergeant in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division in 1968-1969; (awarded Air Medal, and Bronze Star).

He is also an amateur astronomer and contributing member of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club, a USATT member and competitive table tennis player, and a USSF (Soccer) referee.