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Stephen K. Potter

Senior Manager of Sales Engineering

With more than two decades in tech, Stephen K. Potter directs highly skilled teams at Perforce Puppet to build intelligent technology platforms. In his role with Puppet, Stephen shares his significant expertise in infrastructure automation, DevOps security, government and regulatory compliance, and cloud computing with customers, partners, and the Puppet community. Stephen uses his deep institutional knowledge to lead the creation, development, and optimization of processes that meet the needs of modern business and deliver Puppet solutions faster.

Latest Content from Stephen K. Potter

Claude Mythos: Sorting Fact from Fiction and What It Means for Cyber Defense in 2026 Blog

Claude Mythos: Sorting Fact from Fiction and What It Means for Cyber Defense in 2026

Claude Mythos highlights a future where AI accelerates vulnerability discovery, making operational speed, automated patching, and continuous enforcement critical for defenders
Security & Compliance, Infrastructure Automation
VM Configuration: Using IaC to Stand Up Consistent Virtual Machines & Cut Down on Complexity Blog

VM Configuration: Using IaC to Stand Up Consistent Virtual Machines & Cut Down on Complexity

VM configuration gets a virtual machine (VM) ready for use with CPU, RAM, software & more. Here's how to automate complex VM configuration management at scale.
Configuration Management, Cloud
3 Reasons to Migrate from Ansible to Puppet Blog

3 Reasons to Migrate from Ansible to Puppet

Why make an Ansible > Puppet migration? We’ve got three reasons why you might want to consider a change.
Infrastructure Automation, DevOps
HPC Configuration: How Configuration Management Can Enhance AI Workload Efficiency Blog

HPC Configuration: How Configuration Management Can Enhance AI Workload Efficiency

HPC configuration includes setting up hardware, software, networks & security for HPC clusters. Find guidance on HPC server configuration for AI workloads here.
Configuration Management, Ecosystems & Integrations
What is Software Deployment Automation & Which Tool is Right for You? Blog

What is Software Deployment Automation & Which Tool is Right for You?

Simplify and accelerate the delivery cycle with software deployment automation across development, testing, and production environments.
DevOps, Infrastructure Automation
Linux Security: Keeping Linux Machines Secure with Less Tinkering Blog

Linux Security: Keeping Linux Machines Secure with Less Tinkering

Linux security uses a modular, open-source architecture to fine-tune security. But that can make it a challenge. Here are tips & best practices to secure Linux.
Security & Compliance, Ecosystems & Integrations
Securing and Configuring AI Environments: AI in Operations Blog

Securing and Configuring AI Environments: AI in Operations

Want to build stronger AI environments? Everything old is new again — learn how to advance your IT operations using AI and traditional cluster management.
Configuration Management, Security & Compliance
The Secret to Enterprise Observability: Agent-Based Automation & Configuration Management Blog

The Secret to Enterprise Observability: Agent-Based Automation & Configuration Management

Observability provides crucial insights to an IT system & its components. Agent-based automation makes sure observability tools don't run into scaling problems.
Configuration Management, Infrastructure Automation
Strengthen Your Security in the Cloud: Privacy and Data Security Blog

Strengthen Your Security in the Cloud: Privacy and Data Security

Are you staying on top of security in the cloud? Explore tactics and tips for privacy and data security, common challenges, and so much more.
Cloud, Security & Compliance