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* '''Name''': Sandro Mathys
* '''Name''': Sandro Mathys
* '''Nickname''': red or red_trela or red_alert
* '''Nickname''': red or red_trela
* '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich Zurich] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland]  
* '''Nationality''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Swiss]
* '''Time zone''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time CET] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +01:00) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time CEST] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC] +02:00) during summers.
* '''Location''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo Tokyo], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]
* '''Time zone''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time JST] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time UTC]+09:00) all year round
* '''Year of birth''': 1985
* '''Year of birth''': 1985
* '''Languages''': English and (Swiss-)German
* '''Languages''': English, (both Swiss and standard) German, and very basic Japanese
* '''Education''': Graduate Engineer in Enterprise Computing
* '''Education''': Bachelor of Engineering in Communications Systems and Informatics
* '''Profession''': (OpenStack) Cloud Architect at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ([https://www.ethz.ch/index_EN ETHZ]), Switzerland
* '''Profession''': MidoNet Community Manager at [http://www.midokura.com/ Midokura]
* '''Certifications''': [http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/ RHCE]
* '''Certifications''': [http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/ RHCE]
* '''Awards''': [http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/awards/rhce/ European RHCE of the Year 2010]
* '''Awards''': [http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/awards/rhce/ European RHCE of the Year 2010]
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* '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org]   
* '''Email''': [mailto:red@fedoraproject.org red@fedoraproject.org]   
* '''IRC''': red_trela on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-cloud). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK though.
* '''IRC''': red_trela on freenode (e.g. #fedora-de, #fedora-cloud, #rdo). Feel free to query me without asking first. I might be AFK, though.
* '''Blog''': [http://www.sandro-mathys.ch/ www.sandro-mathys.ch]
* '''Blog''': [http://blog.mathys.io/ blog.mathys.io]
* '''Twitter''': [https://twitter.com/red_trela red_trela]
* '''Google+''': [https://plus.google.com/+SandroMathys +Sandro Mathys]


=== Fedora and I ===
=== Introduction ===
I started to get in touch with Linux back in 1999 and started to really use it about one year later. While I got my first experience with Suse 6.0, I soon tried several other distributions. Among all tested, I really loved red hat linux 6.2. It took me another year to finally make the change from Microsoft Windows to (Red Hat) Linux - still in dual boot, though. With the release of Red Hat Linux 7.3 I got rid of the Windows Partition and since then I'm using nothing but Red Hat Linux and later on Fedora on my own workstations as well as my own servers. I never stopped to have a look at new distributions or new releases of existing distributions - but there's never been one I even only liked half as much as Fedora (and Kubuntu being the only other distribution I could imagine to use on a workstation for myself).
Fedora user since, well, Red Hat Linux 6.2. Active Fedora Contributor since 2007, but my roles have changed a few times over the years. Most recently, I've been involved in cloudy matters (mostly Fedora cloud images and OpenStack).
Since 2007 I'm an active contributor to the Fedora Project.


=== KDE and I ===
== Activities and Roles ==
When I first used a Linux Distribution - as portrayed above - it had a KDE desktop. At that time, KDE was pretty ugly - even Windows 98 was more beautiful. Anyway, I didn't know many others and everything else looked even worse. I admit, that was one reason that kept me using Windows. But the different window managers and desktop environments have evolved, luckily. I still use KDE as of today. Maybe it's just because I got used to it over the years, but I think it fits me best.


Gnome is nice as well, but lacks lot of configuration options KDE has and which are very important for me. Of course anyone else could very well feel different about that point.
In one word, my activities and roles are ever-changing. Both my professional and my private interests have shifted a few times and I try to only stick with a role for as long as I seem to add value to the Fedora Project, Working Group or Special Interest Group. Also, my time is limited and therefore I sometimes have to set priorities. So my current and former activies and roles include:


If KDE seems a bit of a overkill, I go for KDE/openbox or maybe openbox only. There's also some other lightweight window managers/desktop environments I like (but hardly ever use).
* Occasionally still active in former roles (doing package reviews, promotion at events / spreading the word about Fedora, QA, etc.)
 
* ''Former'' founding voting member of the [[Cloud WG|Fedora Cloud Working Group]]
== Activities within Fedora ==
* ''Former'' member of the Fedora Cloud SIG (mostly through the above two points)
 
* ''Former'' contributor to various OpenStack-related efforts both up- and downstream (RDO, Packstack, Puppet-OpenStack, QA)
Over the years, I've changed roles a couple of times for various reasons. I'm still somewhat connected to most former roles, though.
* ''Former'' contributor to the Fedora Cloud Image (mostly QA and some experience-sharing)
 
* Member of the Fedora Cloud SIG, mostly doing rather trivial stuff (anything from package reviews to QA testing). Also involved in Packstack development (openstack-packstack package).
* Package Maintainer of several small [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/red?acls=owner packages]
* Founder and administrator/moderator of the [http://www.xing.com/net/fedoraproject Fedora Project Group] on [http://www.xing.com/ XING]
* Trying to give as much support as possible (over IRC and offline)
* Spreading the word about Fedora
* Getting some feedback about Fedora
* ''Former'' member of the QA team, mainly involved in release QA
* ''Former'' member of the QA team, mainly involved in release QA
* ''Former'' proventester, mostly reacting to somewhat important requests in #fedora-qa or on the test list
* ''Former'' Proven Tester, mostly reacting to somewhat important requests in #fedora-qa or on the test list
* ''Former'' founding member of the Community Working Group (CWG), left after the [[Community_working_group/Code_of_Conduct|Code of Conduct]] (CoC) and the [[Community_working_group/CoC_Enforcement|CoC Enforcement]] were approved
* ''Former'' Package Maintainer of several small [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packager/red/ packages] - only one (with a dead upstream) left now
* ''Former'' founding member of the [[Community working group|Community Working Group]], left after the [[Community_working_group/Code_of_Conduct|Code of Conduct]] (CoC) and the [[Community_working_group/CoC_Enforcement|CoC Enforcement]] were formally approved
* ''Former'' Fedora Ambassador, still often seen at events
* ''Former'' Fedora Ambassador, still often seen at events
* ''Former'' member of the infrastructure team, doing rather unimportant, small tasks regarding [http://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora Hosted]
* ''Former'' member of the infrastructure team, doing rather unimportant, small tasks regarding [http://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora Hosted]
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==== Future events ====
==== Future events ====
* [[Red_Hat_Summit_2013]] in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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==== Passed events ====
==== Passed events ====
* [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2007|LinuxTag 2007]]  in Berlin, Germany
* [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2007|LinuxTag 2007]]  in Berlin, Germany
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* [[FUDConBerlin2009|FUDCon EMEA 2009]] in Berlin, Germany
* [[FUDConBerlin2009|FUDCon EMEA 2009]] in Berlin, Germany
* [[FrOSCon 2009]] in Sankt Augustin, Germany
* [[FrOSCon 2009]] in Sankt Augustin, Germany
* [[Red Hat Summit 2009]] in Chicago, IL, USA
* [[Red Hat Summit 2009]] in Chicago, Illinois, USA
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2009_Zurich|OpenExpo 2009 Zurich]] in Winterthur, Switzerland
* [[FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2009_Zurich|OpenExpo 2009 Zurich]] in Winterthur, Switzerland
* [[FOSDEM 2010]] in Brussels, Belgium
* [[FOSDEM 2010]] in Brussels, Belgium
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* [[Red Hat Summit 2012]] in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* [[Red Hat Summit 2012]] in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* [[FOSDEM 2013]] in Brussels, Belgium
* [[FOSDEM 2013]] in Brussels, Belgium
* OpenStack Havana Summit in Portland, Oregon, USA
* [[Red Hat Summit 2013]] in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* [[Flock|Flock 2013]] in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
* OpenStack Days Tokyo 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
* LinuxCon and CloudOpen Japan 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
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=== Other work done ===
=== Other work done ===
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=20080430_LinuxTag_FUDCon_F9.pdf Fedora LinuxTag/FUDCon/F9]  [[Fedora press archive|Press Release]]  
* [[Marketing/PressReleases?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=20080430_LinuxTag_FUDCon_F9.pdf|Fedora LinuxTag/FUDCon/F9]]  [[Fedora press archive|Press Release]]  




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Latest revision as of 12:25, 19 September 2016

Sandro "red" Mathys

I'm trying to keep my page up to date and include every bit that is interesting to others. Drop me a line if you have suggestions on how I could improve it. Also, I'm aware that my English skills are far from perfect - you are very welcome to help me if there's something wrong.

About myself

Sandro Mathys
  • Name: Sandro Mathys
  • Nickname: red or red_trela
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Location: Tokyo, Japan
  • Time zone: JST (UTC+09:00) all year round
  • Year of birth: 1985
  • Languages: English, (both Swiss and standard) German, and very basic Japanese
  • Education: Bachelor of Engineering in Communications Systems and Informatics
  • Profession: MidoNet Community Manager at Midokura
  • Certifications: RHCE
  • Awards: European RHCE of the Year 2010

Contact

Introduction

Fedora user since, well, Red Hat Linux 6.2. Active Fedora Contributor since 2007, but my roles have changed a few times over the years. Most recently, I've been involved in cloudy matters (mostly Fedora cloud images and OpenStack).

Activities and Roles

In one word, my activities and roles are ever-changing. Both my professional and my private interests have shifted a few times and I try to only stick with a role for as long as I seem to add value to the Fedora Project, Working Group or Special Interest Group. Also, my time is limited and therefore I sometimes have to set priorities. So my current and former activies and roles include:

  • Occasionally still active in former roles (doing package reviews, promotion at events / spreading the word about Fedora, QA, etc.)
  • Former founding voting member of the Fedora Cloud Working Group
  • Former member of the Fedora Cloud SIG (mostly through the above two points)
  • Former contributor to various OpenStack-related efforts both up- and downstream (RDO, Packstack, Puppet-OpenStack, QA)
  • Former contributor to the Fedora Cloud Image (mostly QA and some experience-sharing)
  • Former member of the QA team, mainly involved in release QA
  • Former Proven Tester, mostly reacting to somewhat important requests in #fedora-qa or on the test list
  • Former Package Maintainer of several small packages - only one (with a dead upstream) left now
  • Former founding member of the Community Working Group, left after the Code of Conduct (CoC) and the CoC Enforcement were formally approved
  • Former Fedora Ambassador, still often seen at events
  • Former member of the infrastructure team, doing rather unimportant, small tasks regarding Fedora Hosted

Events

List of events I attended or plan to attend in future in chronological order, earliest first.

Future events

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Passed events

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Other work done