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Joshua Harlow wrote:
> Howdy ya'll!
> 
> ==Who am I==
> 
> I'd like to also put myself up for the Technical Committee candidate
> position, via one of the seats that are being made available. 

Confirmed.

> I have been active with OpenStack since ~around~ diablo and have helped
> lead the effort to 'marry' OpenStack and Y! in a way that benefits both
> the community and Yahoo.
> 
> ==What I have done==
> 
> I have been/am an active contribute to nova, glance, cinder.
>  - History @ https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:harlowja,n,z
> 
> I have also helped create the following (along with others in the
> community):
>  - https://launchpad.net/anvil (a tool like devstack, that automatically
> builds OpenStack code & dependencies into packages)
>  - https://launchpad.net/taskflow (my active project, that has big
> plans/goals)
> 
> I also am a major contributor to: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init
> 
> ==What else I do== 
> 
> In my spare time I code more than I should, mountain bike, ski, and rock
> climb.
> 
> ==Background and Experience==
> 
> I work at Yahoo! as one of the technical leads on the OpenStack team
> where we have been working to get better involved in the OpenStack
> community and establishing OpenStack internally. We are focused on scale
> (tens of thousands of servers), reliability, security, and making the
> best software that is humanly possible (who doesn't want that)!
> 
> A few examples of projects that I have been on:
>  - Sponsored search stack (~8000 hosts across ~5 datacenters)
>  - Frontpage stack [www.yahoo.com] (millions of page views, huge scale)
>  - OpenStack (many users, lots of hypervisors, lots of vms, 4+ datacenters)
> 
> ==What I think I can bring==
> 
> I have been on various engineering teams at Yahoo! for the last 6 years.
> I have designed/architected and implemented code that runs on
> http://www.yahoo.com, the ad systems, the social network backends. Each
> project has required understanding how scale and reliability can be
> achieved, so that it’s possible to maximize uptime (thus getting more
> customers).
> 
> Currently I have been working on establishing OpenStack in Yahoo! and
> making sure Yahoo! keeps on being an active and innovative contributor.
> I believe I can help out in scale (how far can eventlet go...),
> architectural decisions (more services or less??) and help OpenStack be
> as reliable and manageable as possible (taskflow I think has a great
> potential for helping here).
> 
> I also believe that we as a community need to continue encouraging the
> growth of innovative projects and continue building OpenStack as a
> platform that drives the infrastructure of many (if not all) of the
> companies in the world (small and big). I believe the TC can help guide
> OpenStack into this direction (and continue guiding it) and I hope with
> myself on the TC (if voted in) that my unique experiences at Y! (ranging
> from deploying OpenStack, supporting it and developing future features
> for it) will be useful in guiding the general direction.
> 
> Thanks for taking me into consideration!
> 
> -Josh
> 
> 
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Thierry Carrez (ttx)