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= Your Name and Surname =
= Zac Boyd =


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Some words about you.
Howdy!
 
I'm a 23 year old IT something-or-other from Adelaide in South Australia. I've worked in IT since I was about 16 in varying capacities, and I've done everything from desktop support, to network and systems architecture. I've been involved with Linux/FLOSS since roughly 2009, starting out with installing Ubuntu 9.04 from a CD I got with a copy of Linux Format.
 
Currently I'm in the middle of overhauling the IT infrastructure of my current employer - taking it from being a 100% Windows house into a clean and lean, AWS based 'nix house. I've been a Linux advocate for quite some time now and this is the second time I've spearheaded the process of ripping and replacing existing closed platforms with open ones.
 
My formal IT education focused almost entirely on RHEL and Windows server 2003, and guess which one I still use every day! When introducing new users to Linux, Fedora is always my go to choice for both desktop and server environments as I feel it provides a new-user friendly introduction to kickass platform.


== Contact ==
== Contact ==


* '''Email''': mailto:you@example.com
* '''Email''': mailto:zac@zacboyd.me
* '''IRC''': Your freenode IRC name and channels you hang out (eg. #fedora-docs, etc.)
* '''IRC''': synicalx, often loitering on #fedora, #fedora-ambassadors
* '''GPG key''': Your key ID and/or signature
* '''Fedora Account''': synicalx [[Infrastructure/AccountSystem|Fedora Account System]]
* '''Fedora Account''': Your username on the [[Infrastructure/AccountSystem|Fedora Account System]]


== Stuff I Do ==
* Linux server admin and engineering on a whole bunch of platforms/distros
** Squid, Samba, a whole host of monitoring tools (Nagios, Cacti etc), Quagga
* Network engineering and admin working mostly on Cisco and Juniper kit
** BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF etc normal SP stuff
* Perl! I'm a Perl fanboy, but certainly not an expert
* A smattering of;
** PHP, Ruby, Python, HTML/CSS
* SQL/MySQL admin work
* Telephony (unfortunately)
** UCCX, Call Manager etc usual Cisco stuff
* Atlassian;
** Building JIRA Core and JIRA SD platforms, Confluence, Bit Bucket
== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==


* Some words about your involvement in Fedora, your plans, ideas, etc.
Currently I've only been involved with Fedora in a very unofficial capacity;
* For example, if you are into translations, the languages you are working on; if you are into docs, the docs you are interested in, etc.
 
* Introducing new users to Linux via Fedora
* Advocating for my favourite distro
* Making contributions to various blogs etc
 
My goal for 2015 is to make more of a measured and 'official' contribution to the Fedora Project;
 
* Advocating outside of my immediate interest group/current employer
* Encourage others to get involved with FLOSS/Open Source projects
* Host at least ONE public talk at a LUG

Latest revision as of 23:45, 3 January 2016

Zac Boyd

Howdy!

I'm a 23 year old IT something-or-other from Adelaide in South Australia. I've worked in IT since I was about 16 in varying capacities, and I've done everything from desktop support, to network and systems architecture. I've been involved with Linux/FLOSS since roughly 2009, starting out with installing Ubuntu 9.04 from a CD I got with a copy of Linux Format.

Currently I'm in the middle of overhauling the IT infrastructure of my current employer - taking it from being a 100% Windows house into a clean and lean, AWS based 'nix house. I've been a Linux advocate for quite some time now and this is the second time I've spearheaded the process of ripping and replacing existing closed platforms with open ones.

My formal IT education focused almost entirely on RHEL and Windows server 2003, and guess which one I still use every day! When introducing new users to Linux, Fedora is always my go to choice for both desktop and server environments as I feel it provides a new-user friendly introduction to kickass platform.

Contact

Stuff I Do

  • Linux server admin and engineering on a whole bunch of platforms/distros
    • Squid, Samba, a whole host of monitoring tools (Nagios, Cacti etc), Quagga
  • Network engineering and admin working mostly on Cisco and Juniper kit
    • BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF etc normal SP stuff
  • Perl! I'm a Perl fanboy, but certainly not an expert
  • A smattering of;
    • PHP, Ruby, Python, HTML/CSS
  • SQL/MySQL admin work
  • Telephony (unfortunately)
    • UCCX, Call Manager etc usual Cisco stuff
  • Atlassian;
    • Building JIRA Core and JIRA SD platforms, Confluence, Bit Bucket

Activities within Fedora

Currently I've only been involved with Fedora in a very unofficial capacity;

  • Introducing new users to Linux via Fedora
  • Advocating for my favourite distro
  • Making contributions to various blogs etc

My goal for 2015 is to make more of a measured and 'official' contribution to the Fedora Project;

  • Advocating outside of my immediate interest group/current employer
  • Encourage others to get involved with FLOSS/Open Source projects
  • Host at least ONE public talk at a LUG
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