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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Confirmed.<br>
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      On 10/07/2013 01:23 PM, Brad Topol wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:OF6A3F0D08.B0A24876-ON85257BFD.00589828-85257BFD.005F8938@us.ibm.com"
      type="cite"><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Hi Everyone,</font>
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      <font color="#40005f" face="Arial" size="2">I would like propose
        my candidacy
        for the OpenStack Technical Committee.</font>
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      <br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2">A bit about me</font>
      <br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2">============</font>
      <br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2">I have been an Active Technical
        Contributor
        to Keystone and DevStack since the Grizzly release.  I have also
        co-authored
        articles on OpenStack [1] and more information about me can be
        found in
        a recent OpenStack Open Mic article [2].    In addition,  I
        lead and give direction to a large team of OpenStack developers
        at my company
        that contribute to a variety of OpenStack projects including
        Keystone,
        Heat, Ceilometer, Swift, Cinder, and Internationalization
        (i18n).  
        This role gives me an opportunity to obtain a broad view of what
        is happening
        in the OpenStack projects as opposed to being focused on a
        specific core
        project.   I also spend a tremendous amount of time traveling to
        customers
        and business partners to evangelize OpenStack, listening to
        their OpenStack
        requirements and adoption impediments, and assisting their
        development
        teams to become contributors to OpenStack.  I am incredibly
        passionate
        about making sure OpenStack is highly consumable for our users
         and
        that the OpenStack ecosystem grows and thrives.</font>
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        <font face="Arial" size="2">Platform</font>
        <br>
        <font face="Arial" size="2">=======</font>
        <br>
        <font face="Arial" size="2">As a technical team lead, developer,
          and
          evangelist for OpenStack,  I am deeply committed to OpenStack
          being
          incredibly valuable and consumable for all our users and also
          to making
          sure the OpenStack ecosystem grows and thrives.  I hear from
          customers
          all the time on how OpenStack can be improved such that it
          becomes easier
          to install, more consumable and serviceable, more easily
          integrated into
          enterprise customer environments,  and the need for being able
          to
          certify interoperability and scalability of OpenStack
          environments.  I
          would be honored to have an opportunity to serve as a member
          of the TC
          and to help drive the the technical direction of the OpenStack
          project
          based on all the outstanding feedback I receive from
          customers, business
          partners, analysts, and also from all the knowledge I have
          gained by both
          being a personal contributor to OpenStack as well as leading a
          large development
          team of strong and core contributors that work across several
          of OpenStack's
          core projects.</font>
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        <font face="Arial" size="2">[1] - </font><a
          moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-ldap-keystone/"><font
            face="Arial" size="2">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-ldap-keystone/</font></a>
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        <font face="Arial" size="2">[2] - </font><a
          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/08/open-mic-spotlight-brad-topol/"><font
            face="Arial" size="2">https://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/08/open-mic-spotlight-brad-topol/</font></a>
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        <font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks,</font>
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        <font face="Arial" size="2">Brad</font>
        <br>
        <font face="sans-serif" size="2"><br>
          Brad Topol, Ph.D.<br>
          IBM Distinguished Engineer<br>
          OpenStack<br>
          (919) 543-0646<br>
          Internet:  <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:btopol@us.ibm.com">btopol@us.ibm.com</a><br>
          Assistant: Cindy Willman (919) 268-5296</font>
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