Richard Briggs has over 20 years of programming experience including 15 years of experience with C programming in UNIX environments. He has worked as a software engineer for several companies developing device drivers, embedded systems, and networking software. His areas of expertise include Linux kernel programming, embedded systems, telecommunications, and networking protocols.
Enabling accelerated networking - seminar by Enea at the Embedded Conference ...EneaSoftware
The open source revolution brings a wealth of features and functionality at a rapid growth, and industry leaders come together to shape standardized interfaces, protocols, and ways of working. ARM is such a player and drives several collaborative projects under the Linaro (http://www.linaro.org) umbrella. One such initiative is the ODP (http://www.opendataplane.org/) open-source, cross-platform set of application programming interfaces for the networking data plane.
Enabling accelerated networking - seminar by Enea at the Embedded Conference ...EneaSoftware
The open source revolution brings a wealth of features and functionality at a rapid growth, and industry leaders come together to shape standardized interfaces, protocols, and ways of working. ARM is such a player and drives several collaborative projects under the Linaro (http://www.linaro.org) umbrella. One such initiative is the ODP (http://www.opendataplane.org/) open-source, cross-platform set of application programming interfaces for the networking data plane.
Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2X8uz92.
Alex Bradbury gives an overview of the status and development of RISC-V as it relates to modern operating systems, highlighting major research strands, controversies, and opportunities to get involved. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Alex Bradbury is co-founder of lowRISC CIC, aiming to bring the benefits of open source development to the hardware industry by producing a high quality, secure, and open source SoC and associated infrastructure. He is a well-known member of the LLVM community, and is code owner and primary author of the upstream RISC-V back-end.
In this deck from the 2016 Stanford HPC Conference, Kurt Keville from R&D Labs at MIT presents: Introduction to RISC-V.
"Today’s server systems provide many knobs which influence energy efficiency and performance. Some of these knobs control the behavior of the operating systems, whereas others control the behavior of the hardware itself. Choosing the optimal configuration of the knobs is critical for energy efficiency. In this talk recent research results will be presented, including examples of big data applications that consume less energy when dynamic tuning is employed."
Kurt works on optimizing HPC codes for educational and institutional (R&D labs) purposes at MIT. He assesses new supercomputing hardware as part of his responsibilities. He has published in IEEE conferences and journals and he teaches embedded programming once a year. Kurt has a BS from West Point and an MS from MIT.
Learn more: http://soc.mit.edu
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insideHPC.com/newsletter
Transport layer development kit ( on top of DPDK by Intel)
Provide set of libraries for L4 protocol processing (UDP, TCP etc.) and VPP graph nodes, plugins, etc using those libraries to implement a host stack.
The FD.io TLDK project scope is:
The project scope includes implementing a set of libraries for L4 protocol processing (UDP, TCP etc.) for both IPv4 and IPv6.
The project scope includes creating VPP graph nodes, plugins etc using those libraries to implement a host stack.
The project scope includes such mechanisms (netlink agents, packaging, etc) necessary to make the resulting host stack easily usable by existing non-vpp aware software.
Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2X8uz92.
Alex Bradbury gives an overview of the status and development of RISC-V as it relates to modern operating systems, highlighting major research strands, controversies, and opportunities to get involved. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Alex Bradbury is co-founder of lowRISC CIC, aiming to bring the benefits of open source development to the hardware industry by producing a high quality, secure, and open source SoC and associated infrastructure. He is a well-known member of the LLVM community, and is code owner and primary author of the upstream RISC-V back-end.
In this deck from the 2016 Stanford HPC Conference, Kurt Keville from R&D Labs at MIT presents: Introduction to RISC-V.
"Today’s server systems provide many knobs which influence energy efficiency and performance. Some of these knobs control the behavior of the operating systems, whereas others control the behavior of the hardware itself. Choosing the optimal configuration of the knobs is critical for energy efficiency. In this talk recent research results will be presented, including examples of big data applications that consume less energy when dynamic tuning is employed."
Kurt works on optimizing HPC codes for educational and institutional (R&D labs) purposes at MIT. He assesses new supercomputing hardware as part of his responsibilities. He has published in IEEE conferences and journals and he teaches embedded programming once a year. Kurt has a BS from West Point and an MS from MIT.
Learn more: http://soc.mit.edu
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insideHPC.com/newsletter
Transport layer development kit ( on top of DPDK by Intel)
Provide set of libraries for L4 protocol processing (UDP, TCP etc.) and VPP graph nodes, plugins, etc using those libraries to implement a host stack.
The FD.io TLDK project scope is:
The project scope includes implementing a set of libraries for L4 protocol processing (UDP, TCP etc.) for both IPv4 and IPv6.
The project scope includes creating VPP graph nodes, plugins etc using those libraries to implement a host stack.
The project scope includes such mechanisms (netlink agents, packaging, etc) necessary to make the resulting host stack easily usable by existing non-vpp aware software.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
Static QR Codes: Create free static QR codes. These QR codes are able to store significant information such as URLs, vCards, plain text, emails and SMS, Wi-Fi credentials, and Bitcoin addresses.
Dynamic QR codes: These also have all the advanced features but are subscription-based. They can directly link to PDF files, images, micro-landing pages, social accounts, review forms, business pages, and applications. In addition, they can be branded with CTAs, frames, patterns, colors, and logos to enhance your branding.
Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
Comprehensive Analytics
Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object Calisthenics
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Richard Guy Briggs
80 Wurtemburg Street
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1N 8M2
+1 613 860-2354
rgb at tricolour dot net
http://tricolour.net/
CAREER SUMMARY AND SPECIALTIES:
• 20 years of programming experience
• 15 years of experience in C in UN*X environments
• Good attention to detail
• Methodical, excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently or in a team
• Team Lead experience, ability to mentor and teach
• Drive to follow projects through to completion
• Linux kernel network programming
• Embedded video hardware device driver programming
• Telecommunications hardware device driver programming
• Knowledge of protocols: BRI, PRI, ethernet, 802.3, IPv4, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ESP, AH, PFKEYv2,
HTTP, SMTP, SSL
• Processors: 68302, ARM9, x86, PowerPC, MIPS
• Linux server admin of DNS, mail, listserves, DHCP, Apache, IRC, O/S installation, update, upgrade.
EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:
March 2009 - September 2009: Software Engineer
at Amita Corporation (Ottawa)
• Linux minimalist distribution customization.
• Linux O/S boot encryption survey.
• Survey state of Linux on embedded devel or eval platforms.
December 2007 - October 2008: Senior Software Engineer
at Axentra Corporation (was OEone) (Ottawa)
• Researched Certificate Authority requirements to implement a Hardware Security Module-based
signing authority for Customer Premises Equipment.
• Brought up an RPM development environment on MIPS and ported RedHat ES4 and custom RPM
packages from ARM/PPC/x86 to MIPS.
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• Enhanced Perl release generation scripts for greater automation.
• Added features and fixed bugs in CPE from kernel up to web UI for Linux on x86, ARM9, PPC
• Execute performance testing on CPE to localize and eliminate bottlenecks
April 2004 - September 2007: Senior Software Engineer
at Lumenera Corporation (inc. 2002) (Ottawa)
• Design team member for new network cameras and adding features to existing models
• Code software for digital surveillance cameras, from kernel modules, imager drivers, API and
Javascript GUI
• Develop primarily in C, but also Python, Javascript, Unix shell
• Develop for Linux on ARM9, x86, Freescale (PPC) and TMS320C6xxx
• Perform Linux system maintenance on common facilities
• Acted as a mentor to junior and new team members
October 2003 - January 2004: Software Engineer
at startup Axigon Healthcare Technologies, (Inc. 2003) (Ottawa)
• Assessed and instrumented Speex patent-free speech codec as to suitablility for porting to a potential
product platform
• Contributed to design of network protocol and started development of network code for a future
product
• Worked with 3 different platforms including Linux-x86 userspace, Ubicom IP2022 SDKv5.4 and
Microchip PIC 18 family
November 1997 - June 2003: Software Engineering Contractor
FreeS/WAN Project (Internet)
• Maintained and augmented KLIPS, the kernel portion of this IPsec implementation for Linux.
• Matured the FreeS/WAN kernel code to clear SADB and SPDB, unload module, statically link.
• Implemented the PF_KEY_v2 socket family for the Linux kernel for use in FreeS/WAN.
• Added a library to implement PF_KEY_v2 message building and parsing, shared by userspace and
kernel space.
• Reviewed and Integrated patches and features from open source contributors.
• Maintained manual keying userspace utilities.
• Participated in IPsec protocol development activities by attending IETF meetings.
• Tested packaging and interoperation.
• Participated in IPsec interoperation workshops (bakeoffs) between IPsec vendors.
• Made professional conference presentations in Ottawa (Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS) - multiple
years, SANS 2000), Sweden (NordU 2000), Paris (IPsec), Germany (Linux Kongress 2000), Australia
(Sydney Linux Expo 2000).
July - August 1997: Software Engineering Contractor
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Vitana Corporation (Gloucester) (now trading as Pixelink)
• Device driver porting from SolarisPC 2.5 to SCO OSR 5.0 UNIX for a family of multi-line (T1, E1,
ISDN) telecommunications SCSA/MVIP cards.
January - June 1997: (International Volunteer Work)
January 1995 - December 1996: Software Engineer
Vitana Corporation (Gloucester) (now trading as Pixelink)
• Maintained and developped device drivers for Mitel ISA bus telephony cards (dual T1, dual E1, 8-line
ISDN), some with embedded 68302 processors, under SCO UNIX, UnixWare, OS/2 and Solaris,
• Hardware and software documentation for ShapeGrabber, a 3-D laser imaging PCI processor with
accompanying API,
• Hardware documentation and software development for PCI to Motorola Qbus bridge chip evaluation
board.
• In-house NetWare, Solaris, MKS SI Configuration Management, UNIX and TCP/IP network support.
October 1994 - January 1995: Software Engineer
JIT Learning Products Inc. (Ottawa) (re-invented as Impatica)
• Development of an interactive multimedia tutorial, "Using CorelDRAW 3",
• Test and review of alpha and beta versions of "Using CorelDRAW" 5 and 3,
• Customer technical support; in-house OS and network support.
September 1993 - September 1994: (Sabbatical in Australia and China)
Summer 1993: Product Development Engineer
AMP of Canada Ltd. (Nepean) (now Tyco Electronics)
• Development of fibre optic cables, connectors and tools:
• - designing, prototyping, testing.
• Research and proposal writing for military fibre optic contracts:
• - interpreting specifications, sourcing, designing (CAD),
June 1992 - April 1993: Software Engineer (student)
Excalibur Systems Limited (Kanata) (now owned by DRS Technologies)
• Programmed in C under Interactive UNIX, satellite radar simulator:
• - Interpreted and debugged software specifications, data dictionaries, pseudo code;
• Maintained development tools for electronic warfare threat simulator (radar):
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• - Adapted, designed, programmed, tested.
May 1990 - Dec 1991: Product Verification
Corel Systems Corporation (Ottawa)
• Tested, evaluated, recommended and wrote reports on new software and hardware
• - word processing, Desk Top Publishing, graphics, DSR, OCR
• - Local Area Networks, UNIX connectivity.
Sept 1988 - March 1990: Technical & Systems Support (part time)
Mas-Term Innovations Limited (Kanata)
• Designed, developed and programmed an inventory control system,
• Maintained all computer systems, and installed hardware and software.
April 1987 - August 1988: Quality Control Manager (full time)
Mas-Term Innovations Limited (Kanata)
• Trained employees in many areas including:
• - quality control testing and management,
• - fibre optics and copper cable assembly,
• Set-up, programmed, used, maintained, verified and modified automated production and testing
equipment,
• Interviewed applicants and hired new assemblers,
• Prototyped fibre optic and copper cable assemblies, wire wrap backplanes, cable harnesses.
EDUCATION:
1988 - 1993: B. A. Sc., Computer Engineering , Cum Laude (Honours)
University of Ottawa
• Final year project: Speech recognition employing artificial neural networks.
• Extracurricular: University of Ottawa Solar Car Project Electrical Systems Co-ordinator, see RALOS
1981 - 1986: Grade 13 Diploma (SSHGD), Bilingual Program,
Fisher Park High School (Ottawa)
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RELATED SKILLS:
Operating Systems: Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, SuSE, Caldera, Slackware, SLS). Historical: OpenBSD,
MS Windows/NT, MS-DOS, UnixWare, Solaris, SCO UNIX, Netware, IRIX, OS/2, MacOS, ULTRIX, AIX,
Interactive UNIX, CMS/VM, RT-11/RSX-11/TSX-11
Languages: ANSI C(gcc, cc), bash, perl, HTML, Python, Javascript. Historical: ARM9 assembler, 80x86
assembler, MS Visual C, 683x0, MSAccess SQL, 680x0, Prolog, dBase III+, Fortran IV, Lotus 123, Turbo C,
Turbo Pascal, MSBASIC, Waterloo Structured BASIC.
Other: Interpretation of schematic diagrams and technical drawings; Use of oscilloscope, network analyzer,
and Optical Time Domain Reflectometer; Competent in dealing with computer viruses and recovering data
errors.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
January 2002 - Present: Co-founder/IT admin
Human Powered Vehicle Operators of Ottawa club
• Set up and maintain an email list and web pages.
• Organise and represent the club at public events promoting Human Powered Vehicles.
• Designed and built a tandem-axle 4-wheel bicycle trailer capable of hauling 3/4 ton
July 2008: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Staff Photographer (Canadian leg)
American Solar Challenge 2008, Dallas, TX, USA to Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Photographically documented the event from Winnipeg to Calgary.
October 2007: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Staff Photographer
World Solar Challenge 2007, Darwin to Adelaide, Australia
• Photographically documented.
July 2005: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Staff Photographer (Canadian leg)
American Solar Challenge 2005, Austin, TX, USA to Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Photographically documented the event from Winnipeg to Calgary.
July 2001: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Staff Photographer
American Solar Challenge 2001, Chicago to Los Angeles
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• Photographically documented scrutineering, final qualifying and event itself. Photos were
subsequently used for the 2003 Official Rayce Programme.
November 1999-Present: Host and moderator of email lists
All email lists for the Green Party of Canada
• Install and configure Majordomo list software.
• Administer and moderate 18 email lists.
June 1999: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Staff Photographer
Sunrayce '99, Washington, DC to Epcot, FL
• Photographically documented scrutineering, final qualifying and event itself. Photos were
subsequently used for the 2001 and 2003 Official Rayce Programmes.
May 1999 - October 2003: Ontario Provincial Electoral Constituency Association President
Green Party of Ontario, Ottawa -- Vanier riding
• Organised public meetings
• Completed audit and tax paperwork.
May - June 1999: Ontario Provincial Electoral Candidate
Green Party of Ontario, Ottawa -- Vanier riding
• Spoke at All Candidates Meetings and canvassed public
• Collected funds to pay $200 deposit
• Co-ordinated sign campaign
• Completed audit and tax paperwork.
September 1997 - May 2003: Founder/Chief Architect/Chief Administrator
Conservation Co-operative Homes Network Committee (Ottawa)
• Designed and built a 3-closet, 60-node ethernet network in an 84-unit, 4-storey residential apartment
building.
• Pulled and trained people to pull Cat-5 100-base-T wire through conduit to each apartment.
• Set up a dual-homed ADSL Linux firewall with a routable /24 and an extruded routable /26.
• Set up a Linux server to serve smtp, ssh, dns, http, pop3, imap, dhcp, smb.
• Connected and configured clients on a variety of platforms.
• Administered user accounts.
• Executed remote backups.
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June 1997: Experimental Solar Vehicle Competition Observer
Sunrayce '97, Indianapolis to Colorado Springs
• Observed and recorded actions of solar competion teams and report to officials
May - June 1997: Federal Electoral Candidate
Green Party of Canada, Ottawa -- Vanier riding
• Spoke at All Candidates Meetings and canvassed public
• Collected funds to pay $1000 deposit and purchase election materials
• Co-ordinated sign campaign
• Completed audit and tax paperwork.
January - April 1997: Volunteer Work Term in a Home for Destitute Children
Child Haven International - Canada/Nepal (Kathmandu)
• Tutoring math, english, science to Grade 1 to 4; leading children on excursions
• Helping paid staff with duties and performing electrical repairs in the home
• Assessing curriculum for and teaching Computer Studies: Grade 7 to 9
• Providing guidance and experience to Science Clubs: Grade 6 to 9
August 1996 - 2004: Co-founder/Collator/Credits
C C Food Club (Conservation Co-operatives Homes)
• Collate members' orders and submit total order to supplier monthly
• Work with the treasurer to update finances
February 1996 - January 1997: Maintenance Committee Chair
Conservation Co-operatives Homes (Ottawa)
• Provide an agenda and leadership in committee meetings
• Interact with co-op memvers and externals concerning maintenance issues
June 1996: Chief Electrical Scrutineer/Jury/Observer Manager
Solar Energy Society of Canada, Inc: Canadian Solar Discovery Challenge
• Reviewed all competitors for compliance with solar vehicle challenge electrical regulations.
• Addressed protests, made rulings on regulations and assessed penalties.
• Organized and briefed independent observers who accompany each vehicle on a rotation basis.
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May 1995 - 2003: Telephone Contact/Membership Secretary
Auto-Free Ottawa
• Direct telephone enquiries to appropriate people and manage membership list
• Attend public meetings and demonstrations to educate the public about issues concerning automobile
use, societal dependance and addiction
March - April 1994: Jackeroo (paid for trip to China)
Nookawarra Station (Western Australia)
• Aerial mustering of sheep by motorcycle and yard duties during shearing.
January 1994: Volunteer Neural Network Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland (Australia)
• Explored node splitting feasibility and techniques, and explored simulation software.
October - November 1993: Technical Assistant/Technical Observer
Energy Promotions: World Solar Challenge-- world's fastest solar car race (Australia)
• Designed and implemented a relational database of solar car specifications - Ensuring competitors
keep within competition technical regulations.
• Ensuring competitors keep within competition technical regulations.
1992 - 1993: Electrical Systems Coordinator
Team Ralos-2: University of Ottawa Solar Race Car
• Designed overall system and directed smaller design groups,
• Sourced components and built modules,
• Performed most lab electrical tests and most road vehicle handling testing,
• Member of 3 person strategy team for Sunrayce '93 entry, raycing from Dallas to Minneapolis.
1991 - 1993/1997 - 2000: Technical Producer for weekly public affairs show, volunteer
CHUO FM 89.1, University of Ottawa / CKCU FM 93.1, Carleton University
1983 - 1995: Operator, sound system for weddings, memorials
First Unitarian Congregation (Ottawa)
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1984 - 1986: Head of Technical Stage Crew
Fisher Park High School (Ottawa)
MEMBERSHIPS:
Citizens for Safe Cycling, (since 1995), current list host
Human Powered Vehicle Operators of Ottawa, (since 2001), founding member
Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group, (since 1998), founding board member
Green Party of Canada, (since 1995) / Green Party of Ontario, (since 1995)
CAMMAC (amateur music association), (since 1970)
Auto-Free Ottawa, 8 years
OCRI UNIX (OCUNIX), 8 years
IEEE, 5 years
BRMNA (british railway modellers), 7 years
INTERESTS:
Music:
• Grade VIII Recorder, Grade II Theory; Bassoon, 5 years; Trumpet, 2 years; Digeridoo
Outdoors:
• Bicycle touring
♦ Australia - 5000 km, summer '93/94
♦ Victoria to Montreal - 6000 km, summer '91 - raised ~ $7300 for USC Canada
♦ Cuba - 1000 km, September 1998, honeymoon
♦ UK - 400 km, tandem trike, April 2002
♦ Ottawa area - 280 km, Thanksgiving, yearly
• Skiing (downhill and cross country winter camping)
• Canoe tripping (camp, 6 years)
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