7 Technologist and community builder.
12 *Lutece d'Or* from FNILL during the event Paris Capitale du Libre in
13 September 2008 as the FLOSS personality of the year.
18 President, Software in the Public Interest
19 July 2004 - August 2006
20 Board Member, Software in the Public Interest
21 [http://spi-inc.org](http://spi-inc.org)
22 SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
25 Chairman, Debian Technical Committee
26 April 2002 - April 2003
28 October 1994 - Present
30 [http://debian.org](http://debian.org)
31 The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. Designed and implemented early Debian
32 infrastructure, initiated or contributed heavily to ports of Debian to 5
33 non-i386 architectures.
36 Board Member, The Linux Foundation
37 [http://linuxfoundation.org](http://linuxfoundation.org)
38 The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.
40 December 2005 - Present
41 Board Member, CE Linux Forum
42 [http://celinuxforum.org](http://celinuxforum.org)
43 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.
46 Board Member, Open Media Now
47 [http://openmedianow.org](http://openmedianow.org)
48 Open Media Now! is a non-profit trade group established to engage in a
49 variety of projects that improve upon both the functionality of, and
50 access to, open media solutions.
55 January 2010 - Present
56 Product Architect and Hardware Engineer, Altus Metrum
57 [http://altusmetrum.org](http://altusmetrum.org)
58 Open hardware and software designs for high powered model rocketry avionics.
61 Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist, HP
62 [http://opensource.hp.com](http://opensource.hp.com)
63 Guided the development and ongoing evolution of HP's Linux strategy. Serve
64 as principal externally-visible liaison between HP and many Open Source
65 communities. Frequent and well-known speaker at Linux and related Open Source
66 events. Mentor internal teams on productive participation in community
67 development processes. Member of HP's internal Open Source Review Board.
70 Engineer / Scientist - HP
71 Worked on early Linux enablement for HP's Itanium systems. Architect and
72 chief developer of "Linux Enablement Kit" product for Integrity servers.
75 Owner, Garbee and Garbee
76 [http://gag.com](http://gag.com)
77 Consulting on computing and communications technologies.
80 Technical Computing Manager, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
81 Responsible for management of computer and networking hardware, product
82 design applications, and associated support staff. Significant
83 accomplishments included deployment of approximately 100 engineering
84 workstations, installation of uninterruptable power to increase uptime,
85 implementation of a data backup and recovery strategy, co-author of site-wide
86 Unix Security and Administration standards, and implementation and
87 maintainence of Unix mail and notes applications for the site. Consultant
88 to projects adding LAN interfaces to instruments. Co-Instructor for site
92 Software Engineer, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
93 Sole software engineer for the 54121, 54122, and 54123 microwave
94 oscilloscope products. Participated in the early design of the Wizard
95 software architecture, and influenced the architecture of the K2 processor
96 and graphics subsystems.
99 Product Support Engineer, HP Colorado Springs Division (now Agilent Technologies)
100 For 6 months, sole product support engineer for the Logic Analyzer product
101 line. Motivated sofware defect fixes in the 163X family. Managed a
102 cross-divisional team to re-engineer the 80286 preprocessor cable technology
103 in the face of multiple customer hot sites. Designed and presented
104 the first 16500 service seminar in 3 countries.
106 June 1984 - June 1986
107 Engineer and Project Leader, Renaissance Systems
108 Managed and worked on a variety of projects including operating system ports
109 to new hardware, development of an IBM PC clone in Eurocard format, a control
110 system for an experimental biotech research system, power supplies for laser
111 illumination, control software for industrial automation using embedded
112 processors. Chief troubleshooter for customer-site problems due to
113 cross-disciplinary background, and strong communication and analytic skills.
116 General Manager and Chief Engineer, WRCT Pittsburgh
117 [http://wrct.org](http://wrct.org)
118 Managed an FM stereo radio station with an all-volunteer staff of
119 approximately 120 people. Responsible for upgrade of the station
120 from class D to class A FCC license status.
123 Network System Programmer, Carnegie Mellon University
126 Software Engineer, Western Digital System Technology Center
129 Computer Operator, Tri-College Computer Center
133 Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Mathematics,
134 Carnegie Mellon University
135 Graduate classes in Computer Architectures, and Software
136 Engineering. Undergraduate minor focus in Poetry.
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