1 <h1><center>**Bdale Garbee**</center></h1>
6 Technologist and community builder.
10 Lutece d'Or from FNILL during the event Paris Capitale du Libre in
11 September 2008 as the FLOSS personality of the year.
16 President, Software in the Public Interest
17 July 2004 - August 2006
18 Board Member, Software in the Public Interest
20 SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
23 Chairman, Debian Technical Committee
24 April 2002 - April 2003
26 October 1994 - Present
28 The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system.
31 Board Member, The Linux Foundation
32 http://linuxfoundation.org
33 The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.
35 December 2005 - Present
36 Board Member, CE Linux Forum
37 http://celinuxforum.org
38 CE Linux Forum is an international open source software development community of like-minded software engineers dedicated to the development and enhancement of Linux-based embedded devices in the consumer electronics industry.
41 Board Member, Open Media Now
42 http://openmedianow.org
43 Open Media Now! is a non-profit trade group established to engage in a
44 variety of projects that improve upon both the functionality of, and
45 access to, open media solutions.
50 January 2010 - Present
51 Product Architect and Hardware Engineer, Altus Metrum
52 Open hardware and software designs for high powered model rocketry avionics.
55 Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist, HP
56 Guided the development and ongoing evolution of HP's Linux strategy. Serve
57 as principal externally-visible liaison between HP and many Open Source
58 communities. Frequent and well-known speaker at Linux and related Open Source
59 events. Mentor internal teams on productive participation in community
60 development processes. Member of HP's internal Open Source Review Board.
63 Engineer / Scientist - HP
64 Worked on early Linux enablement for HP's Itanium systems. Architect and
65 chief developer of "Linux Enablement Kit" product for Integrity servers.
68 Owner, Garbee and Garbee
69 Consulting on computing and communications technologies.
72 Technical Computing Manager, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
73 Responsible for management of computer and networking hardware, product
74 design applications, and associated support staff. Significant
75 accomplishments included deployment of approximately 100 engineering
76 workstations, installation of uninterruptable power to increase uptime,
77 implementation of a data backup and recovery strategy, co-author of site-wide
78 Unix Security and Administration standards, and implementation and
79 maintainence of Unix mail and notes applications for the site. Consultant
80 to projects adding LAN interfaces to instruments. Co-Instructor for site
84 Software Engineer, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
85 Sole software engineer for the 54121, 54122, and 54123 microwave
86 oscilloscope products. Participated in the early design of the Wizard
87 software architecture, and influenced the architecture of the K2 processor
88 and graphics subsystems.
91 Product Support Engineer, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
92 For 6 months, sole product support engineer for the Logic Analyzer product
93 line. Motivated sofware defect fixes in the 163X family. Managed a
94 cross-divisional team to re-engineer the 80286 preprocessor cable technology
95 in the face of multiple customer hot sites. Designed and presented
96 the first 16500 service seminar in 3 countries.
99 Engineer and Project Leader, Renaissance Systems
100 Managed and worked on a variety of projects including operating system ports
101 to new hardware, development of an IBM PC clone in Eurocard format, a control
102 system for an experimental biotech research system, power supplies for laser
103 illumination, control software for industrial automation using embedded
104 processors. Chief troubleshooter for customer-site problems due to
105 cross-disciplinary background, and strong communication and analytic skills.
108 General Manager and Chief Engineer, WRCT Pittsburgh
109 Managed an FM stereo radio station with an all-volunteer staff of
110 approximately 120 people. Responsible for upgrade of the station
111 from class D to class A FCC license status.
114 Network System Programmer, Carnegie Mellon University
117 Software Engineer, Western Digital System Technology Center
120 Computer Operator, Tri-College Computer Center
124 Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Mathematics,
125 Carnegie Mellon University
126 Graduate classes in Computer Architectures, and Softwate Engineering.
127 Undergraduate minor focus in Poetry.