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Myself

Jon Rutan with a z17 IBM Mainframe at the 2025 IBM TechXchange Me with a z17 IBM Mainframe at the 2025 IBM TechXchange

I am an engineering student at Virginia Commonwealth University - set to graduate May 2026. I am majoring in computer science and minoring in artificial intelligence.

I've been playing with computers my entire life, and quickly became my family's domestic "IT guy". I'm particularly interested in servers, distributed systems, networking, and VM machines and deployment. I'm still beginning and have a long way to go, but I'm excited to learn and explore!

I am an avid Linux/BSD user. I primarily run Arch as a daily driver, and use Ubuntu and FreeBSD for my servers.

I love ASCII art and use it in my web designs and for my system's motd.

Extracurricular Activities:

  • President of Virginia Commonwealth University's Linux User Group.
  • Admin and server technician for VCU programming contests.
  • Volunteer worker in the High-Performance Research Computing facility.
  • TA for CMSC440 (Senior Course Networking & Data Communications).
  • Sit on the board of student organization engineering presidents.
  • Mentor in the VCU Engineering mentorship program.

These are a few of my favorite things:

  • Movie: Akira
  • OS: FreeBSD
  • Game: RimWorld
  • Artist: Ryo Fukui
  • Soundtrack: Taxi Driver
  • Live-action Show: Seinfeld
  • Animated Show: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Email: rutanj@vcu.edu | LinkedIn: jonathanrutan | GitHub: JonFRutan

The Site

This site's primary goal is to serve as a hypertext résumé with ease of navigation and accessibility in mind. The secondary goal of the site is to serve as a public facing entrance towards my personal web servers and machines, as can be seen on the Torii » page.

More about the site can be read about on the Portfolio » page.

View the site's GitHub repo ».