Re: [libreoffice-website] Introduction

Hi Brian,

Welcome! And thanks in advance for any assistance and contributions you 
can give. You mentioned joining the call today -- we have a few calls in 
different projects across the week, so can you clarify which one please? 
(eg infrastructure or documentation)

Mike


On 16.06.2016 07:12, Brian Stanaland wrote:
> I'm Brian Stanaland. I joined the call today. I've been on the mailing 
> list
> for a while but was finally able to join one of the calls. I'd like to 
> help
> the project wherever I can.
>
> I started using Solaris full time in 1996 while running a satellite
> communications team for the US Army.
> I finished my time in the Army and got a job as a Solaris admin and
> hardware break/fix tech. I helped train people for the transition from
> Applix to StarOffice. I built 30 or so Ultra 10 workstations.
> From there I went to PanAmSat to help with their video on demand 
> project
> using IP over satellite for delivery. When the project was cancelled I
> stayed on as part of the satellite maintenance group.
> To get back into Unix, I took a job with Delta Air Lines. I was on the 
> web
> infrastructure team. We ran Solaris and Sun Java Web Server. I deployed
> patches, new versions of software, etc. This was done mostly through
> deployment scripts created by the team. The whole technology group was
> outsourced to IBM. I stayed with IBM for another three years until they
> downsized the group.
> I found a job in the Georgia Tech computer operations group. We ran
> backups, monitored the systems via HP OpenView, and ran the campus DNS
> system.
> From there I moved to Orlando, Florida where I began working for the
> Highwinds on their content delivery network. We were running Gentoo and
> doing deployments by manually copying tarballs to the servers. We 
> switched
> to CentOS using Chef to build the systems and Puppet for deploying apps 
> and
> configurations. Much better way to do things.
> Moving back to Atlanta, I started working for a small company called
> Predictix. Their software ran on Amazon's AWS platform. I handled
> deployments, backups, monitoring, etc. I rebuilt the Zabbix monitoring
> system to include the vastly expanded footprint of the company's 
> systems.
> The company went through restructuring and my position was eliminated.
> I now work for SGI as a customer support technician.I assist customers 
> with
> troubleshooting SGI hardware and software.

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