Experience
- 2008-present:
Conference Chair, Open Source World
- Manage program committee for the Bay Area Linux
and open source event. Locate speakers, arrange
for community day mini-conferences, edit session
descriptions, and facilitate the conference on-site.
Advise show management on schedule, organization,
and company participation.
- 2006-2008:
Site Editor, LinuxWorld.com
- Wrote, edited, and assigned news and technical
content for a frequently updated major media site
covering Linux and open source. Wrote a regular
editor's blog.
- 2005-2006:
Director, Technical Marketing, SpikeSource
- Developed and edited in-house content for an open
source stack vendor. Assisted with the company's
appearances at open source events including the Zend
PHP Conference and Expo and the Open Source Business
Conference.
- 2002-2005:
Editor-in-Chief,
Linux Journal
- Responsible for the editorial content of
the leading Linux publication. Maintained working
relationships with key contributors to Linux and
related technologies, and edited, wrote and solicited
articles on security, development tools, hardware,
programming techniques, and other areas of interest
to Linux developers and users.
- 2001-2002:
Editor-in-Chief,
Embedded Linux Journal
- Responsible for the editorial content
of the only paper publication devoted to Linux in
embedded systems.
- 2000-2001:
Technical Editor,
Linux Journal
- Wrote, solicited, and edited articles on
Linux and related technologies.
- 1999-2000:
Technical Marketing Manager, Professional Service Engineer,
VA Linux Systems
- Worked with customers to select and configure
Linux server hardware and supported the product review
and trade show program. Then, as one of the founding
Linux consultants in the new Professional Services
group, deployed and problem-solved Linux systems in
post-sales efforts.
- 1998-1999:
Principal, Electric Lichen L.L.C.
- Co-founded a Linux International member company,
Electric Lichen L.L.C., an Internet development,
marketing and consulting firm acquired by VA
Linux Systems in 1999. Client projects included
participation in the successful release of Informix
for Linux, DB2 for Linux, and early Linux market
research for IBM.
- 1997: Web Developer,
Pacific Digital Interactive
- Developed web applications for a full-service
web design and production company. Participated in
consultative selling. Administered and supported
Linux and Solaris, and performed web and Linux
training for clients.
- 1994 - 1997: Webmaster, Agdia
- Developed all marketing materials and product
documentation for an agricultural biotechnology
company. Designed and implemented firm-wide
Linux-based Internet mail and Web systems.
Organization Activities
- 2006-present: Member, Program Committee,
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
- Solicit and evaluate conference presentations
from Linux developers and IT professionals; help
evaluate current and previous conferences and plan
future topics and formats.
- 2006-2007: Organizer, FreedomHEC
- Planned and managed the first Linux device driver
"unconference" located next to Microsoft's WinHEC.
Brought together leading kernel developers, WinHEC
attendees, and device driver authors. FreedomHEC was
able to cover travel expenses for some speakers as
well as provide a completely free of charge conference
for all participants.
- 2004: Member, Program Committee, USENIX Annual
Technical Conference
- As a member of the program committee for the
UseLinux track, solicited and evaluated papers from
Linux developers and IT professionals responsible
for Linux projects.
- 2000-2004:
Vice-President and President, Silicon Valley Linux Users Group
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Vice-President from 2000-2002, then President from 2002-2004, both elected position at the world's largest local Linux user group.
- 2001-2002: Organizer and spokesperson, "Free Dmitry" movement
- Planned and led major public events to call
attention to a notorious Digital Millennium Copyright
Act case. Charges against Dmitry Sklyarov were
dropped.
- 2002: Member, Program Committee, Codecon
- Evaluated and commented on papers on a variety
of topics, including the first talk on BitTorrent.
- 1999-present: Listmaster, linux-elitists mailing list
- Manage a mailing list used by key Linux
developers, open source community leaders, and the
IT media.
- 1998: Board member, Linux International Conference (LINC)
- Participated in planning of the conference that later became
the technical side of LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
Skills
- Programming Languages
- Expert in Perl. Proficient in C. Working
knowledge of PHP, Python, JavaScript, and shell
scripting.
- Web Technologies
- Proficient with HTML, CSS, image optimization,
web client programming, and Apache configuration.
Working knowledge of git, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and
memcached.
- System Administration
- Proficient in Linux system administration,
including security, web, email, package management,
and automation.
Projects, awards and publications
- LWN contributor
- I contribute technology and news pieces to
LWN.net, including event coverage from the Linux
Plumbers' Conference, Southern California Linux Expo,
and the Open Source Business Conference.
- URL reputation engine
- Author of a URL reputation system based on a
novel algorithm, along with a client module for using
it and tools for seeding it with sources including
comment, referer, and email spam URLs and URLs from
social media feeds. Results have been used to report
bugs and spammer-used accounts to Google and a US
government agency.
- Media source
- Used as an expert source for Linux, Internet and
technology policy articles, including articles on the
DMCA, software patents, search engine takedown policy,
Linux-related lawsuits, and OS migration issues.
- Conference appearances
- Speaker, panelist, and panel moderator at
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, Southern California
Linux Expo, Comdex, South By Southwest, CeBIT Bilisim
(Istanbul), Linux user groups, and other events.
- XScreenSaver contributor
- Author of "cloudlife", a display hack for
XScreenSaver based on Conway's Life.
Education
- February 1992
- Master of Arts in Journalism and Certificate in Science
and Environmental Reporting, New York University
- May 1990
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, Indiana University
References
Available upon request.