User:Geroldka

= about me =  I initially trained as a business economist, but a lack of opportunities in this profession meant I took the opportunity in 1999 to retrain as a Network Administrator with a large German Education centre. I had my first contact with Linux during my first year of retraining. In Germany it is IMHO mostly SuSE, but I fell in love the moment I saw it.I also have some BASIC programming experience from the early 80’s, but never continued it. Today I am Head of Engineering for a "global company" with more than 250'000 Employees, and I'm based in Zurich Switzerland. If I have some time spare I also work as Chief Engineer at Kolab Systems AG, a STARTUP Company with PIM Solution based on kolab. I have been using Red Hat since 2000 and Fedora since the first Version. @ home, I have a small network running mostly Fedora. I spend my spare time playing volleyball VC Minseln e.V.(3 times a week), and Iam also part of the Linux Usergroup Lörrach e.V. (Homepage only in German right now), ...I joined the Fedora Ambassadors in December 2005.In February 2008 at   FOSDEM 2008 in Bruxelles nine other guys and me founded the Fedora EMEA e.V.. If you have any question do not hesitate to contact me.

= Be Ambassador =
 * 2011
 * FUDCon in Milano Attendee
 * Linuxwochen Graz 2011 responsible
 * FOSDEM 2011 in Bruxelles Attendee
 * 2010
 * FOSDEM 2010 in Bruxelles Attendee
 * FUDCon Zuerich Attendee
 * FAD EMEA 2010 responsible
 * 2009
 * FOSDEM 2009 in Bruxelles Booth Staff
 * Fedora Round Table Founder
 * LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin responsible
 * FUDCon Berlin 2009 Attendee
 * FAD EMEA 2009 responsible


 * 2008
 * FOSDEM 2008 in Bruxelles Booth Staff
 * FAD in Basel, Switzerland silent attendee
 * Founder member of Fedora EMEA e.V. and first President
 * LinuxTag 2008 in Berlin responsible


 * 2007
 * FOSDEM 2007 in Bruxelles Booth Staff
 * LinuxTag 2007 in Berlin responsible
 * 2. Fedora Ambassador Day EMEA in Berlin responsible
 * 3. Fedora Ambassador Day EMEA in Rheinfelden responsible


 * 2006
 * FUDCon Wiesbaden 2006 Booth Staff
 * LinuxTag 2006 in Wiesbaden responsible
 * 1. Fedora Ambassador Day EMEA in Rheinfelden responsible


 * 2005
 * FUDCon II in Karlsruhe/Germany during the Linux Tag 2005

= Additional; feel free and use it =
 * [[Image:GeroldKassube_Fedoratemplate.otp]] Fedora Ambassadors Impress Template
 * [[Image:GeroldKassube_backgroundgk.tar.gz]] modified standard desktop background

= My Awards (based on Fedora Project) =
 * 1) Ambassadors/Awards  Fedora Ambassadors Recognition Award dated 2006-03-01 (one of thirteen)
 * 2) Ambassadors/Awards  Fedora Ambassadors Recognition Award dated 2006-08-31 (one of ten)
 * 3) Ambassadors/Awards  Fedora Ambassadors Recognition Award dated 2007-03-01 (one of five)
 * 4) I like to vote this also as an Award, maybe "the highest" until today: An article in Max Blog

= MISC (based on Fedora Project) =
 * 1) [[Image:GeroldKassube_fedora_geroldka.tar.gz]] My current background (created by MOLA )

= Photos = which I took in my garden and use them as background; Photos are taken with a Nikon D80 in jpg which means the highest resolution is 3872x2592 pixels some other are here at Picasaweb 

