X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=CurrentOccupation;h=988f42085c6accb2f71e7655aa5d821e72d1def9;hp=844e7205efba337c6e8d9b1bda9e5a3dcf0e3edf;hb=a6b74c55a3ae611df5658be0550f40b155828888;hpb=a306a4fef58d20217c2838ccc7572f16b3c3a438 diff --git a/CurrentOccupation b/CurrentOccupation index 844e720..988f420 100644 --- a/CurrentOccupation +++ b/CurrentOccupation @@ -1,27 +1,20 @@ -=== Quit === +=== Current Occupation === -Since early 2006, I've been actively looking into retiring from -ExecutiveRole in DevelerCompany and finding replacements for my -duties. +I'm also co-founder of [[http://sugarlabs.org/ | Sugar Labs]], a non-profit +developing a constructionist learning engine targeted at low-age children. +I'm an elected member of the [[http://sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board | Oversight Board]] +and coordinator of the [[http://sugarlabs.org/go/InfrastructureTeam | Infrastructure Team]]. +I've also worked on business relationships, deployment coordination and community building. -Through May 2007, I kept working to close a bunch of pending projects -in SoftwareDeveloperRole and EmbeddedDeveloperRole. I also seeded an -internal IT department to split the burden of SystemAdministratorRole -among several members of the staff. +=== Previous occupations === -By April 2007, I sold most of my shares to a senior manager, who is -now in charge along with my former partner. As of today, I provide -some free technical consulting and use the company IT infrastructure -for my Internet presence. To my knowledge, the company is healty -and still growing fast. +I've been working at the [[http://www.fsf.org/|Free Software Foundation]] as a member of the Systems Administrators team, +where I maintained a hosting infrastructure comprising about 100 virtual machines which supports the FSF, the GNU project, +Savannah, Gnewsesne, and dozens of other projects. +Before that, I've been working at several OLPC deployments: [[http://olenepal.org | OLE Nepal]], [[http://paraguayeduca.org | Paraguay Educa]], +[[http://www.latu.org.uy/en/|LATU]] (Technology Laboratory of Uruguay) and Mozambique (for [[http://www.laptop.org/|OLPC Association]]). +In these settings, I've been working on networking infrastructure, OS development, security, training and communication with upstream developers of Sugar and OLPC. -=== Sabbatical === - -Since April 2007, I'm currently taking a break from regular work -for travel and study. As of this writing, I'm currently visiting -the UnitedStates. - -With enough time on my hands, I'm looking into getting back -FreeSoftware development community and actively contributing to -technically challenging projects. +In 2007, during my "sabbatical", I worked pro-bono in Boston for [[OneLaptopPerChild]] and +in Brussels for [[OlpcEurope]].