[User-committee] UC Candidacy

Mohamed Elsakhawy m2elsakha at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 18:30:23 UTC 2019


Thank you. Your candidacy is confirmed

On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 9:08 PM John Studarus <john at jhlconsulting.com>
wrote:

>
> This is to serve as my nomination for to the OpenStack User Committee for
> the February 2019 elections.
>
> Within the OpenStack Community, I've been involved running a number of
> user groups, regional events and speaking at OpenStack Summits alike. As an
> OpenStack Ambassador (US) these last few years, I've had a chance to attend
> events and meet with user group organizers across the US. This includes
> jumping in and resurrecting/revitalizing those groups that have fallen to
> the wayside which has been happening all too much. I've had the opportunity
> to speak at a number of regional events, including OpenStack Days UK and
> Vietnam and find this outreach instrumental in finding what is working for
> others and bringing them back to my own groups. Being involved and reaching
> out to these groups, I know how the user committee can best support these
> populations. I'd like to step up my involvement from being a regional
> OpenStack Ambassador to a member of the User Committee to further this goal.
>
> Technically and professionally, I've been involved with a number of the
> newer OpenStack projects including Zuul and the edge computing initiatives.
> I've developed open source code and presented on a number of topics
> including building Arm based OpenStack clouds, implementing cloud security
> using SDN service chaining, and developing driver plugins for the Zuul CI
> platform. I'm currently working on getting a proof of concept showcasing
> StarlingX running across next generation, cell tower based, micro
> datacenters equipped with CBRS (Citizen Band Radio Service) wireless
> spectrum. I feel that these emerging technologies are the future of the
> OpenStack Foundation and our efforts should be focused on bringing together
> all the parties required to make these succeed. I'm the owner of a small
> cloud and security consulting firm for the last 20 years providing services
> across the telco, finance, government, and pharma spaces.
>
> Thanks for your attention and I hope that I've gathered your support.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John P Studarus
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