Chris Negus

Independent Author, Technical Writer, and Trainer with expertise in Linux, Kubernetes and containerization

Greater Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Area

About

Experience

  • Author, freelance at Waterside Productions, Inc.
    1995 - Present · 31 yrs 6 mos

  • Senior Open Source Software Technical Writer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2026 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    At AWS, I worked on both open source and product documentation related to Kubernetes and containerization. In particular, I wrote documentation for the EKS and ECR user guides, including overseeing the EKS Get Started and Machine Learning on EKS sections. For open source, I worked on Kubernetes release teams and I have produced documentation for AWS projects including Karpenter and EKS Anywhere.

  • Principal Technical Writer and Linux Instructor at Red Hat
    Sep 2008 - Oct 2020 · 12 yrs 2 mos

    As an instructor, I taught RHCE and several RHCA-level courses and gave certification exams. As a Principal Technical Writer, I documented a range of topics for Linux, virtualization, and containerization topics. Most recently, I documented container tools, Red Hat CoreOS, and several OpenShift topics, including Security, Machine Configuration, architecture, and the welcome page.

  • Author of dozens of books on Linux and UNIX at John Wiley and Sons
    1997 - 2010 · 13 yrs

    Wrote dozens of books on Linux, including Red Hat Linux Bible, Linux Bible, Linux Toys series, Linux Toolbox series, and many other books. (I was an independent author; not an employee.)