Re: [libreoffice-website] Introduction

Hello Mike,

Thanks. I called in to the infrastructure call.

Brian

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Mike Saunders <
mike.saunders@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> 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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