Sarasota, Florida Area
- Current
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- openSUSE Community Manager at Novell
- Past
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- Editor in Chief at Linux Magazine
- Editorial Director, Linux.com at SourceForge, Inc.
- Freelance technical journalist at self-employed (Self-employed)
- Contributing Editor at Linux Magazine
- Advanced support lead at Data393
- VP Marketing at LinuxMall.com
- On-Air Personality at KIRX
- Education
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- Truman State University
- East Central Community College
- Pacific High School
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Joe Brockmeier’s Summary
Community manager, tech journalist, and systems administrator. I enjoy working with and writing about Linux and open source. I have been covering the tech industry since 1999, and have been using Linux and doing systems administration for almost as long.
Right now, I'm working at the intersection of the open source community and commercial interests, trying to find ways for the community and companies to work together well. It's a fine line, but I think that finding balance is key to open source success.
Joe Brockmeier’s Specialties:
Writing news, features, reviews, and tutorials, as well as technical editing and copy editing. Well-versed with XML, HTML, DocBook, and other markup languages. Apache, MySQL, OpenSSH, X.org/XFree86, Linux desktop environments (KDE, GNOME, Xfce), OpenOffice.org, GNU Bash, and standard GNU utilities.
Joe Brockmeier’s Experience
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openSUSE Community Manager
Novell
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Editor in Chief
Linux Magazine
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
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Editorial Director, Linux.com
SourceForge, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; LNUX; Writing and Editing industry)
August 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 1 month)
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Freelance technical journalist
self-employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2000 — August 2005 (5 years)
Freelance writer, wrote for Linux Magazine, UnixReview.com, Linux Weekly News, IBM developerWorks, ComputorEdge, and others.
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Contributing Editor
Linux Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years)
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Advanced support lead
Data393
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)
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VP Marketing
LinuxMall.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
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On-Air Personality
KIRX
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years)
Joe Brockmeier’s Education
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Truman State University
BA , English, communications/journalism , 1995 — 1998
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East Central Community College
AA , Communications , 1993 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- PTK, student sentate
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Pacific High School
