Jeffery Lofgren:
CLASS OF 1989
Jordan High SchoolClass of 1989
Sandy, UT
University of UtahClass of 1993
Salt lake city, UT
Mount Jordan Middle SchoolClass of 1985
Sandy, UT
Sandy Elementary SchoolClass of 1982
Sandy, UT
Jeffery's Story
After high school, I got a scholarship in Physics went to the University of Utah with a dual major in Math & Physics, and was enrolled in the Honors Program. I was doing pretty well, until I started playing the arcade game of "Street Fighter 2". I did well with that - was the state champion, and went to the national tournament, but I stopped paying attention to school, and stupidly dropped out just a year or so before getting my degrees. I sure wish I hadn't.
In '92, I married a fabulous girl who I had been friends with for several years: Dawna Naylor. We were sealed in the LDS temple, and we have had 6 children together, currently aged from 14 to 3. (and we are still married, and still like each other quite a lot. :)
I was working at McDonald's during college when a friend convinced me to apply for a job with him to Packard Bell ("PB"). I got the job. Sadly, he didn't get one of the positions. Thus I began my downward spiral into the mire of troubleshooting computers. I was the first person to attain the rank of "Technician Level 5", which occurred just before PB split with NEC Computers. As my new years celebration in 2001, I was laid off for making too much money (it real...Expand for more
ly didn't seem like it was very much). But coincidentally, a few weeks previously a friend that I had worked with at PB asked if I would be interested in coming to work with them at Digital Signature Trust ("DST"). So I quickly had a new job, and a severance payout from NEC. That helped nicely with the bills!
At DST, I learned a great deal about cryptography, PKI, and security. I eventually became the team lead & manager of the Customer Support team. Note: I'm not so keen on managing, and much prefer to be a tinkerer. In Dec. 2006, a friend (from PB) asked if I would be interested in interviewing for a job at a company he had very recently joined: Xennsoft. As much as I loved the people at DST, there were no openings there that would allow me to keep learning and growing, so I took the job at Xennsoft, which is where I am now (as of 2008).
I am the team lead (which unfortunately means: Manager as well as Tech) of the Network Engineering & System Administration groups, where we oversee, maintain and implement anything related to security, computers or infrastructure.
Aside from work, I am active in my church, enjoy playing with my family, and tinker with computer "stuff" at home.
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