WELCOME MATT! On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Terry Chay <tc...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing that Matt Walker has joined > the Wikimedia Foundation as a Fundraising Engineer. > > Before joining us, Matt was a software engineer at Rockwell Collins > Control Technologies developing “a DO-178B level A qualified Real-Time > Operating System in C and PowerPC assembly.” (Ask him about it.) He got his > dual B.S. in EE and CS from the University of Tulsa with a minor in > Mathematics. > > On the side, Matt enjoys tech theatre, glass blowing, SCUBA diving, > hiking, and bicycling so I’m not sure how he’ll fit in with his move to the > Bay Area. During the reference check, the department chair of Electrical > Engineering at his uni regaled me with stories about a time lapse video > project he self-started and having to sign a permission slip for a high > school prom. > > His first official day will be on July 9th assuming he survives his > cross-country trip through Wyoming and the Dakotas. (I’ve seen the trailers > for Longmire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)> so it’s > not a given — Wyoming sounds like a very dangerous place.) He will be > working with the FR-Tech team trying to establish the lower bounds for the > Ballmer Peak <http://xkcd.com/323/> during their late night programming > sessions; Katie and Peter will be establishing the Long Tail. > > He’s also great friends with Peter Gehres, but we won’t hold that against > him. :-) Please join me in welcoming Matt to the Wikimedia Foundation. > > Take care, > > Terry > > > > > terry chay 최태리 > Director of Features Engineering > Wikimedia Foundation > “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge.* That's our commitment.*” > > p: +1 (415) 839-6885 x6832 > m: +1 (408) 480-8902 > e: tc...@wikimedia.org > i: http://terrychay.com/ > w: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tychay > aim: terrychay > > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfall mailing list > wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall > > -- James Alexander Manager, Merchandise Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
