Hello Mike, Thanks. I called in to the infrastructure call.
Brian On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Mike Saunders < [email protected]> 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. >> > -- "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
