Hello and welcome to a special barbecue edition of underserved, the podcast for the rest of the tech industry.

I'm your host Andrew Jelina.

Years back, I decided to get good at cooking barbecue

and formed a competitive team called Tasty Bites Barbecue.

Along the way, we cooked some good food,

met some great people, and learned a ton.

I decided to capture some of this spirit and knowledge

in a two-part bonus episode for underserved.

This is the first part, where we will be getting to know all about

three pit masters. In the second part we will reveal the tips, tricks, and secrets that

these pit masters use every day when they cook.

So let's get down to business.

Our first guest is Dave White, director of software engineering at Iron Mountain.

Dave and I have had the chance to work together on several software projects over the years.

In our conversations, we realize we also share a love of barbecue.

Dave cooks on the Pit Barrel cooker, a drum-style smoker heralded for its great results,

simplicity, and low cost.

He likes to apply a technologist's attention to detail to get great results.

Dave, welcome to the show.

Thanks Andrew, great to be here.

So I know you've been involved in technology for an awful long time.

What was your progression in the industry where you ended up in Iron Mountain?

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