Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wmfall] Announcement: Matt Walker joins Wikimedia as Fundraising Engineer

[James Alexander]

WELCOME MATT!

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Terry Chay  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing that Matt Walker has joined
> the Wikimedia Foundation as a Fundraising Engineer.
>
> Before joining us, Matt was a software engineer at Rockwell Collins
> Control Technologies developing “a DO-178B level A qualified Real-Time
> Operating System in C and PowerPC assembly.” (Ask him about it.) He got his
> dual B.S. in EE and CS from the University of Tulsa with a minor in
> Mathematics.
>
> On the side, Matt enjoys tech theatre, glass blowing, SCUBA diving,
> hiking, and bicycling so I’m not sure how he’ll fit in with his move to the
> Bay Area. During the reference check, the department chair of Electrical
> Engineering at his uni regaled me with stories about a time lapse video
> project he self-started and having to sign a permission slip for a high
> school prom.
>
> His first official day will be on July 9th assuming he survives his
> cross-country trip through Wyoming and the Dakotas. (I’ve seen the trailers
> for Longmire  so it’s
> not a given — Wyoming sounds like a very dangerous place.) He will be
> working with the FR-Tech team trying to establish the lower bounds for the
> Ballmer Peak  during their late night programming
> sessions; Katie and Peter will be establishing the Long Tail.
>
> He’s also great friends with Peter Gehres, but we won’t hold that against
> him. :-) Please join me in welcoming Matt to the Wikimedia Foundation.
>
> Take care,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
>   terry chay  최태리
> Director of Features Engineering
> Wikimedia Foundation
> “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge.* That's our commitment.*”
>
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> m: +1 (408) 480-8902
> e: tc...@wikimedia.org
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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wmfall] Announcement: Matt Walker joins Wikimedia as Fundraising Engineer

[Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation]

Ah hah!  And the Tulsa cabal increases by one more!  Another step on our (long 
term...very long term) goal toward world domination, scheduled for the year 
2320.  

Unless we get distracted. 

Hey, what's that shiny thing over there?...


Welcome, Matt!

PB


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Wikimedia Foundation, Inc 


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From: Matthew Roth 
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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:50:51 
To: Terry Chay
Cc: Staff All; Wikimedia 
developers; Matthew Walker
Subject: Re: [Wmfall] Announcement: Matt Walker joins Wikimedia as
Fundraising Engineer

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wmfall] Announcement: Matt Walker joins Wikimedia as Fundraising Engineer

[Andrew Garrett]

I'm looking forward to meeting you when I get back from Wikimania!

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Terry Chay  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing that Matt Walker has joined
> the Wikimedia Foundation as a Fundraising Engineer.
>
> Before joining us, Matt was a software engineer at Rockwell Collins
> Control Technologies developing “a DO-178B level A qualified Real-Time
> Operating System in C and PowerPC assembly.” (Ask him about it.) He got his
> dual B.S. in EE and CS from the University of Tulsa with a minor in
> Mathematics.
>
> On the side, Matt enjoys tech theatre, glass blowing, SCUBA diving,
> hiking, and bicycling so I’m not sure how he’ll fit in with his move to the
> Bay Area. During the reference check, the department chair of Electrical
> Engineering at his uni regaled me with stories about a time lapse video
> project he self-started and having to sign a permission slip for a high
> school prom.
>
> His first official day will be on July 9th assuming he survives his
> cross-country trip through Wyoming and the Dakotas. (I’ve seen the trailers
> for Longmire  so it’s
> not a given — Wyoming sounds like a very dangerous place.) He will be
> working with the FR-Tech team trying to establish the lower bounds for the
> Ballmer Peak  during their late night programming
> sessions; Katie and Peter will be establishing the Long Tail.
>
> He’s also great friends with Peter Gehres, but we won’t hold that against
> him. :-) Please join me in welcoming Matt to the Wikimedia Foundation.
>
> Take care,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
> terry chay  최태리
> Director of Features Engineering
> Wikimedia Foundation
> “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge.* That's our commitment.*”
>
> p: +1 (415) 839-6885 x6832
> m: +1 (408) 480-8902
> e: tc...@wikimedia.org
> i: http://terrychay.com/
> w: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tychay
> aim: terrychay
>
>
> ___
> Wmfall mailing list
> wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall
>
>


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