Ross Turk

Current

Director, Developer Community Outreach and Evangelism at Alcatel-Lucent

Past

Director of Community at SourceForge, Inc.
Community Development Officer at Open Solutions Alliance
Engineering Manager, SourceForge.net at OSTG

Technical Solutions Architect at VA Software Corporation
Technical Solutions Consultant at Paranet
Software Engineer at Q4i.com
MIS Administrator at JWT Specialized Communications
Junior Systems Administrator at ENGAGE games online
Internet Systems Administrator at 4Next GT

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Ross Turk’s Summary

I am a life-long technologist, and I bring experience with most modern web programming languages and architectures. I have performed UNIX systems administration and database administration on multiple platforms.

I bring solid experience in community management and marketing, and I have the ability to communicate complicated ideas in a simple way. I understand how people work, and how to get things done.

I am a musician and photographer in my spare time (when I have it).

Ross Turk’s Specialties:

Assessing and optimizing business process, understanding the needs of customers and coworkers, communicating effectively and concisely, maintaining consistent integrity and trustworthiness, identifying and absorbing relevant information quickly, leading group efforts to completion, motivating my peers, and maintaining high standards for all written communication.

Ross Turk’s Experience

Director, Developer Community Outreach and Evangelism

Alcatel-Lucent

(Public Company; LU; Telecommunications industry)

December 2009 — Present (3 months)
Director of Community

SourceForge, Inc.

(Public Company; LNUX; Online Media industry)

January 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 11 months)

I was the public face of SourceForge, an open source website with more than 30 million visitors every month, I ensured that the SourceForge community’s input is strongly represented within the company, and I was the program manager for the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Community Choice Awards.
Community Development Officer

Open Solutions Alliance

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2007 — March 2008 (1 year )
Engineering Manager, SourceForge.net

OSTG

(Online Media industry)

March 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 11 months)

I provided engineering leadership and vision for SourceForge.
Technical Solutions Architect

VA Software Corporation

(Public Company; LNUX; Computer Software industry)

May 2000 — May 2005 (5 years 1 month)

I created customer solutions using SourceForge Enterprise Edition.
Technical Solutions Consultant

Paranet

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 1 month)

I managed DNS and DHCP infrastructure for more than 30,000 nodes worldwide.
Software Engineer

Q4i.com

(Investment Management industry)

November 1998 — May 1999 (7 months)

I worked on SSJS and Java applications for the financial industry.
MIS Administrator

JWT Specialized Communications

(Public Company; NASDAQ:WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 4 months)

JWT Specialized was a subsidiary of J. Walter Thompson, and provided specialized marketing services. I performed administration of Internet servers and developed tools and functional content.
Junior Systems Administrator

ENGAGE games online

(Computer Games industry)

June 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 2 months)

ENGAGE games online was a subsidiary of Interplay Productions, building a multi-user online gaming system way ahead of its time. I performed Unix system administration for a subsidiary of Interplay Entertainment, specializing in web servers.
Internet Systems Administrator

4Next GT

(Online Media industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )

4Next was a very large BBS in Orange County, California. I helped them build and manage their back-end unix systems for DNS, web, mail delivery, and other internet services.