Geek
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Professional Services Solution Architect at Sun Microsystems
- Past
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- Senior Consultant at MySQL
- Geek (Self-employed)
- Engineer at Digeo, Inc
- Test Engineer at F5 Networks, Inc
- Software Engineer at Ampersand, Inc
- System and Network Administrator at Homestar Communications, Inc
- Engineer at A&M Networking, Inc
- Software Engineer at WBK Controls, Inc
- Education
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- University of Utah
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Mark Atwood’s Summary
I am a member of the Professional Services group at Sun MySQL, which means I directly help users of MySQL to optimize applications, to architect and design solutions, and to modify MySQL storage and behavior in new and innovative ways. In my spare time I write new MySQL plugins, and contribute to the Drizzle project. I am the author of a storage engine for Amazon AWS. I am an a coauthor of the OAuth Core specification, and am a contributor to technologies such as OpenID, Microformats, OTP, and SNMP. I have been involved in projects to build large self-configuring internet networks, including a widely deployed net-connected CATV consumer appliance, a PSTN internet application, and a Mil-Spec decision support intel application.
I've been hacking, building, and administering UNIX systems, open source projects, and TCP/IP based applications since 1987.
The net changes everything it touches. I like changing it so it changes more.
Mark Atwood’s Specialties:
public speaking at geek conferences, mysql storage engines, mysql plugins, REST interfaces, amazon web services, aws s3/ec2
Mark Atwood’s Experience
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Professional Services Solution Architect
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Hardware industry)
March 2008 — Present (8 months)
Sun bought MySQL, my job is unchanged.
I do Profession Services consulting for users of MySQL, concentrating on custom storage engines and specialized server patches. -
Senior Consultant
MySQL
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — March 2008 (5 months)
Professional Services consulting. Custom storage engines for specialized users and applications of MySQL server.
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Geek
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)
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Engineer
Digeo, Inc
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2001 — July 2006 (5 years 6 months)
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Test Engineer
F5 Networks, Inc
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; FFIV; Computer Networking industry)
May 2000 — December 2000 (8 months)
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Software Engineer
Ampersand, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — June 1999 (2 years 10 months)
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System and Network Administrator
Homestar Communications, Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
May 1996 — September 1996 (5 months)
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Engineer
A&M Networking, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)
April 1996 — May 1996 (2 months)
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Software Engineer
WBK Controls, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
March 1992 — May 1995 (3 years 3 months)
Mark Atwood’s Education
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University of Utah
BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, 1988 — 1994
Additional Information
Mark Atwood’s Websites:
Mark Atwood’s Groups:
IEEE, various conferences, MySQL Confernece 2007, OSCon 2007, Knuth Study Group, The Seattle Geek Community, the MUCK
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Drizzle
Mark Atwood’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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