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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">StarlingX is an exciting and growing project to which I have had the honor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">and privilege to contribute to from its launch. I am a founding member of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">the TSC and over the past 2 years I have helped facilitate the TSC, welcome
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">new members and help guide the project from a technical perspective. I am a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">frequent speaker at industry events on the values of StarlingX and share my
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">passion for edge computing widely. I see edge as having the ability to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">transform people's lives through transformation of technology used in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">communications networks, health care and transportation - StarlingX is a big
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">part of making that happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I have a deep technical knowledge of distributed computing and optimization of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">edge focused solutions. I have helped out in the Edge Computing talk selection
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">committee for the Shanghai summit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I was honored and humbled to receive a community award at the Denver summit,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">for my contributions to the StarlingX project - [0]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">On the TSC I would continue to have the following areas of focus:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">- Continue to advocate for the 4 Opens model of development.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">- My goal is to champion and contribute to increasing test focus a and culture
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> of the project around test.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> - This area is so important to the health of any open source project.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> - This will help new developers contribute more easily and the project to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> grow the contribution base and speed of development.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> - We had a test focused Hack-a-thon and plan on working to set up another
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> one later this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Growing the community, maintaining the technical relevance of the project and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">continuing StarlingX's journey to a diverse and thriving open source project
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">are goals I want to contribute to for StarlingX.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your consideration of me as a candidate to be re-elected to the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">TSC for a second term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">[0] https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/open-infrastructure-community-contributor-awards-denver-summit-edition/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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