Name:           Glynn Richard Foster
Nationality:    Irish
DOB:            06/03/78

Address:        10 Hay Street, Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
Phone:          +64-4-3848265
Mobile:         +64-21-2229651
Email:          glynn.foster@sun.com
Blog:           http://www.gnome.org/~gman/

Skills:         Excellent communication, leadership and teamwork skills 
                across a wide range of groups both internal and external
                to Sun.
              
                Excellent project management skills, both with roadmap 
                and milestone planning.
 
                Good presentation skills, with presentations at a number
                of open source conferences, and internal events.

                Good analytical skills with an ability to break down
                problem statements and identify solutions.

                Excellent knowledge of Solaris and Linux operating systems.

                Industry level involvement and experience with various open 
                source technologies and development platforms, 
                particularly C, GTK+, and GNOME.

                Basic German.

Recent Achievements:
                OpenSolaris Governance Board Director (current)
                    - Current board secretary
                GNOME Foundation Board Director (2002, 2003, current)
                    - Current board secretary

                OpenSolaris Desktop Community Leader (2006, current)
                    - Organization of opensolaris.org desktop webpages
                      and community advocacy of the desktop
                OpenSolaris Weekly News Editor (2006, current)
                    - Summarize various mailing lists weekly, allowing
                      those with time constraints to effectively
                      'catchup' on events within the project
                Planet OpenSolaris Co-Maintainer (2006, 2007)
                    - Maintain the blog aggregator, planet.opensolaris.org

                OPG People's Choice Award for Community Building (2006)
                    - Recognized for my commitments to GNOME and OpenSolaris,
                      and direct communication to help contributors understand
                      Sun's involvement and organizational boundaries
                      http://opg.eng/pca/q3recog.html

                GNOME Conference, GUADEC, Lead Organizer (2003)
                    - Organized the GNOME conference in Trinity College
                      Dublin, Ireland
                GNOME Release Team (2001)
                    - Member of the GNOME release team charged with making
                      sure the community delivers a stable desktop and
                      developer platform on time


Interests:      Climbing, snow boarding, kayaking, mountain biking, fishing, 
                travel, beer and open source.
                  
Summary:        I have been working for Sun Microsystems for the last 7
                years, reporting in to the desktop group in Ireland and
                have been working remotely in New Zealand for the last 3+
                years.

                During that time, I have had extensive involvement in the GNOME
                community, both from a technical and social perspective, taking 
                on a variety of roles and responsibilities across the project.
                Such roles include project and release management as part of my
                previous duties in the GNOME Release Team, and community 
                management and well-being as part of my day to day 
                responsibilities being a GNOME Foundation Board director.

                With my profile in the GNOME community, I also have actively
                been involved in the direction and planning of the Java Desktop
                Sytem, from it's original roots as a Linux distribution, and
                later as a Sun branded desktop on Solaris. This involved
                numerous tasks, from improving the current processes within 
                the desktop team during product definition, planning and 
                lifecycle. I have been actively involved in bringing this
                product through Sun's many processes, such as open source
                review, export control, and architectural review.

                More recently, I have been involved in the OpenSolaris community, 
                with active participation in leading the desktop community, 
                and governance discussions with the OpenSolaris Governance
                Board.

                I have continued to act as a point of contact between Sun and
                various open source communities throughout my career at Sun,
                working to improve communication, maximize community
                coorperation, and encourage growth within the community.

Academic Qualifications: 
                1st Class Hons, Moderatorship in Mathematics

Education:      Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (1996-2000)
                The High School, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland (1990-1996)

Career Record:
                Desktop Engineer
                Sun Microsystems NZ Pty Ltd. (2004-current)

                Desktop Engineer
                Sun Microsystems Ireland Ltd. (2000-2004)

                Summer Intern Web Developer (1999)
                Oniva, Dublin

                Summer Intern Bank Cashier (1996-1998)
                EBS Building Society, Ireland

References:     Leontine Binchy, Desktop Manager, Sun
                leo.binchy@sun.com

                Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer, Sun
                simon.phipps@sun.com

                Stephen O'Grady, Analyst, Redmonk
                sogrady@redmonk.com

                Jeff Waugh, OS Consultant, Waugh Partners
                jdub@perkypants.org