Open Source Technologist/Community Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Open Source Community Manager at CollabNet
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- Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Motorola
- Senior Software Engineer at Destiny Networks
- Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems
- Software Engineer at TRW Financial Systems
- Education
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- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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Guy Martin’s Summary
I have participated in development and technical liaison (marketing/requirements analysis/Open Source evangelism) activities for a number of different industries (financial, automotive, home automation, cellular hardware, government/defense). In addition to design and development, I have leveraged my ability to concretely explain technology to non-technical audiences, including giving presentations to external and internal audiences on a variety of subjects.
I prefer to work in a role where I can use my broad technical knowledge to help 'bridge the gap' between engineering organizations and their customers (both internal and external). I enjoy working with organizations to help them capitalize on the huge advantage that comes with working properly in the Open Source community.
I'm currently doing more work in the community management space, getting technical and non-technical participants to collaborate more closely with each other, and help build up communities that are hopefully greater than the sum of their parts. This includes recent work on the Forge.mil initiative in the Department of Defense - an effort to build an internal development 'Forge' site and culture to take advantage of Open Source development best practices.
As part of my focus on Open Source communities, I'm also active in social media outlets (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), especially with regard to determining how to best utilize these new tools to increase productivity and add value to organizations.
Guy Martin’s Specialties:
Community Management, Open Source, Social Media, Technical Liaison, Technology Evangelism, Technical Marketing
Guy Martin’s Experience
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Open Source Community Manager
CollabNet
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
I help CollabNet's clients take advantage of the huge role that communities of interest can play in both software development, and even non-development-related technical projects.
I'm also trying to help move the role of community management forward in the company when it comes to our tool set and how it is designed.
My most recent work is as the community manager for the Department of Defense Forge.mil effort (see http://www.disa.mil/forge). We have launched the first phase of this effort, an internal development 'Forge' capability using the CollabNet tool suite to enable 'Open Source-style' collaboration within DoD. -
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Motorola
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
April 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 3 months)
Software Engineering and design for a next generation cell phone platform, as well as technical liaison work with Motorola consumer experience division and external customers. Co-founder of http://opensource.motorola.com and Open Source community liaison/evangelist for Motorola.
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Senior Software Engineer
Destiny Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Software Engineering for a home automation system, as well as system design for new features of this sytem.
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Staff Engineer
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1995 — November 2002 (7 years )
Software Engineering and Technology Evangelism within Sun Labs - co-inventor for 8 software patents for automotive Java technologies.
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Software Engineer
TRW Financial Systems
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1993 — September 1995 (2 years 1 month)
Participated in the design and development of several large business automation projects for major banks and financial institutions. Teamed with customers, developers, and quality assurance personnel to deliver systems on time and within budget.
Guy Martin’s Education
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Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
BS , Computer Science , September 1987 — June 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- ACM National Member
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Churchill Club
Guy Martin’s Honors:
Inventor/Co-Inventor for 8 patents
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