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@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Welcome to my "new" personal home page.
 
 After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as
 [HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I am now back
-as an HP Fellow in the Office of the CTO helping to drive open source strategy
+as an 
+[HP Fellow](http://www.hp.com/united-states/Bdale-Garbee-External-Bio-V2.pdf)
+in the Office of the CTO helping to drive open source strategy
 and advocacy for the company.  During my retirement, from September 
 through December of 2013, I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) 
 as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group that is part of Samsung Research 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ President of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org).
 I remain actively involved in the [Debian](http://debian.org) project,
 where I continue to maintain various 
 [packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com),
-and chair the 
+and am a member of the 
 [Debian Technical Committee](http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte)
 
 My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with 
@@ -49,11 +51,12 @@ President of [CODE](http://gag.com/code/),
 a former Vice-President of [TAPR](http://tapr.org/),
 a past Chairman and member of the Technical Committee of 
 the 
-[Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org),
+[Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org), past board member 
+of the [Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association](http://ppraa.org),
 and a member of the 
 [ARRL](http://www.arrl.org).
-Perhaps my best-known contribution to the hobby is the silly little mail
-program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called 
+Perhaps my best-known early contribution to the hobby was the silly little 
+mail program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called 
 [BM](ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/mailers),
 though I suppose I'm more proud of my role as integrator and documentation 
 author for the package prior to April 1989.  I helped instigate N6GN's work on
@@ -68,8 +71,8 @@ after which it was known as
 I was also one of the developers of the RUDAK
 digital communications processor.  My primary focus on the RUDAK team was
 communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the 
-CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards.  I am
-pleased to now be the working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA 
+CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards.  More
+recently, I led the design and delivery of the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA 
 [Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program.
 
 If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance 
@@ -102,8 +105,8 @@ acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket to beyond Mach 2.2.  I served
 on the committee that defined the [Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/Certifications/TripoliMentoringProgram/tabid/322/Default.aspx), and am
 proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP 
 participants.  My current focus combines rocketry with my electronics 
-background and strong
-interest in radio, see the [Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org)
+background and strong interest in radio, see the 
+[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org) 
 community web site for more details...
 
 * [Bdale's blog](blog)