About

Noah Chelliah was born and raised in Grand Forks ND. While attending the University of North Dakota in 2009 he founded Altispeed Technologies. Altispeed is an IT company dedicated to helping people leverage their technology to it’s full potential using open source principals.

In 2015 Noah joined Chris Fisher from Jupiter Broadcasting as the co-host of the Linux Action Show. Noah launched the Ask Noah Show in 2017, a weekly talk radio show. The goal was to create a path to serve the open source community by answering questions on system administration, IT business operations, and using Linux as the operating system for your “daily driver”.

Today the Ask Noah Show has been downloaded over 6.7 million times in 7 countries. Each week Noah and his co-host answer questions and bring you weekly updates from geeks eating their own dog food.

On July 4th, 2018 Noah met Brad Schmidt over coffee. Brad was hosting afternoons on News Radio 1310 KNOX. Brad asked if Noah would fill-in for him when Brad was unable to do his show. Noah agreed and it wasn’t long before Leighton Media took notice of Noah.

By the fall of 2022 Noah was in talks with Leighton to join the on-air staff at KNOX. On October 10th of 2022 Critical Thought went live. Since that time it has been a community hub of conversation, and passion.

In his free time Noah enjoys spending time with his wife, playing with his kids, water skiing, cryptocurrency, and shooting firearms. As a certified NRA instructor Noah is a staunch defender of the 2nd amendment. He believes strongly in giving people the tools, skills, and attitude necessary to operate firearms safely.

Noah is actively involved at HOPE Church in Grand Forks. He serves as both a technical resource to them during the week, and drums for worship services on the weekend.