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Laird Peterson has been in the workforce since 2012, when they began working as a Shipping Specialist for Longboardlarry LLC. In 2019, they took on two roles as Sales Representative for both The Mobile Source LLC and Vivint Smart Home. In 2020, they became a Technical Support Engineer for Instructure. In 2021, they joined i.t.NOW, where they held two roles, Onboarding Engineer and Onboarding Engineer/On-site Technician. In 2023, they became the Owner of LairdyP Industries LLC.

Laird Peterson completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Utah Valley University between 2019 and 2021. Laird then went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University between 2022 and 2024. In addition to their formal education, Laird also obtained certifications from various institutions including CompTIA, IBM, LinkedIn, Jamf, AXELOS Global Best Practice, and Coursera. These certifications include CompTIA Project+ PK0-004, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Cybersecurity at Work, Jamf Certified Associate, IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL), Using Python to Interact with the Operating System, Crash Course on Python, Google IT Support Specialization, IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts, Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User, System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services, The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking, Technical Support Fundamentals, CompTIA IT Operations Specialist - CIOS Stackable Certification, CompTIA Network+ ce Certification, and CompTIA A+ ce Certification.