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