X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;h=84e0b2713d2b1ab3491467f145ba6d8bec3c5f17;hp=be4a933b33a5cb76ff63dbb6a1f37fb865d62b36;hb=92f5f9954ab3cbefb87fa4b01dd7ce504b7de385;hpb=b02bc3003a2e67053bf41b0c2e60f4c26b6ce702 diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index be4a933..84e0b27 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -4,25 +4,34 @@ Bdale Garbee, KB0G 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](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 -America. - -I serve on the boards of the [Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org) -the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and -[Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com), and as -President of [Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org). +[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked +part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open +Source Group that is part of Samsung Research America. In September of 2014, +I was recruited back to HPE and served for 25 months as an +[HPE Fellow](http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04839247) +in Martin Fink's Office of the CTO at what became +[Hewlett Packard Enterprise](http://hpe.com), driving open source +strategy and advocacy for the company. At the end of September 2016, I +returned to early retirement... and am now enjoying "Retirement v2.0". + +I serve on the boards of [Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com), +the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org), +the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), +the [Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org), +and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org). + +I served for a decade as President of +[Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org), and as a member of +the board of directors for some time before that. + +I also served for several years on the board of the +[Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.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 am a member of the -[Debian Technical Committee](http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte) +where I served for a year as the elected Debian Project Leader, and for nearly +a decade as Chairman of the Debian Technical Committee. I continue to maintain +various [packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com) +for Debian. My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing @@ -150,14 +159,16 @@ found: * Many of his papers were gifted to the [University of Virginia Library](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00129.xml) * There are scholarships in his name at - [VMI](http://www.vmiaa.org/AA/Alumni%20Association/Scholar.html) and - [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu/admissions/scholarship/need_based.htm) + [VMI](http://www.vmi.edu/media/content-assets/documents/human-resources/Faculty-Handbook.pdf) and + [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu). I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom [Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents tell me they believe -[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) was my third cousin twice removed. +[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) +was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum +in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments! < Encrypting email is good. My currently preferred public key is