About
Striving For More
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”— Anthony J. D'Angelo
Hello! My name is Kasey Kubiak. I appreciate you taking the time to check out my personal website. This site was equal parts a project to help develop skills for my career, and a way to leave my own little mark on the internet. Whatever your reason for being here, I hope you find my corner of the internet to be memorable.
Personal
From West to East
Born a Canadian to American parents, I originally moved to the United States at the age of 7. Most of my formative years and early adulthood were spent in sunny San Diego, California. It was here where I met my wife of over 10 years, as well as had my first child. After moving to East Tennessee for work, I am now the father of four, including a set of twins. While life is certainly always busy, I do try to find time for my passions, which typically involve music or gaming in some form. I'm currently delving into the world of synthwave production, as well as playing trombone at my church every Sunday.
Career
From Telecom to Networking
My initial role in tech was for none other than AT&T as an internet service technician. For nearly 10 years, I installed all manner of copper, fiber and satellite services for residential customers. I have extensive knowledge in Internet, TV, and Phone services for a consumer market, but after little upward mobility, I knew it was time for a change. Enter C Spire.
I had not had much luck finding new work, but fortunately, a recruiter reached out to me with the position of Voice and Data technician. I jumped at the opportunity to not only move into the enterprise space, but also get my feet wet in the networking sector. Over the years, I've learned a lot of CLI commands for both AdTran and Cisco devices, as well as gotten very comfortable in both the Cisco Webex and Meraki portals. Having earned my CCNA, NSE3, CompTIA Security+, and AZ-900 certifications, I recently moved into a Network Support Engineer role, and I'm now focused on going deeper into enterprise networking while building toward CCNP.
Volunteering
Learning To Swim
Something that unexpectedly became a big part of my life was my involvement with the Maryville-Alcoa Flying Dolphins. After signing up my oldest daughter for the team one year, my wife found herself on the board shortly thereafter, and the team found themselves in need of a new technology and equipment administrator.
One can quickly see where this was all headed, and the following year, I found myself managing a lot more than I initially bargained for. That being said, I wouldn't have it any other way. While the season is busy and there's no shortage of work, I really enjoy all the different ways I can help the organization and the kids that swim there. At this time, I manage the timing equipment and technology, the department of scoring, and both the team website and the site for the biggest outdoor summer swim event in the region, the Smoky Mountain Invitational.
Building
Always Learning, Always Building
I started learning web development only a few months ago, and I started for a specific reason. As a field tech, there can be a lot of struggles to get an application that consolidates everything we need in one place. So I decided to try to build one, if nothing more than as a proof of concept, and a way to teach myself a new skill. So I built Delta, a field operations tech wrapper that hooks into a few different APIs to provide seamless insight and crucial information to techs in an easy-to-use PWA.
That initial foray into web development then led me to make this site, as a place where I can consolidate all my different ventures for people to find. I'm always looking for a new avenue to explore or another way to grow both my awareness of the world and my ability to interact in it.
Growth is not always easy, but it is necessary. Over the years, I've found that many times our most uncomfortable situations are the ones from which we grow the most. And what matters most is that we never let our curiosity, our thirst for more knowledge, be quenched.
