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)
- Advanced support lead at Data393
- Contributing Editor at Linux Magazine
- 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
Versatile technology professional with more than 10 years experience in the IT industry. Community manager, technology
journalist, and system administrator with extensive experience working with and advocating open source technologies and
developing communities. Effective communicator skilled at writing and speaking to diverse audiences.
Joe Brockmeier’s Specialties:
Talented writer: more than 10 years experience writing content for publication. Project manager: planned and managed wide range of projects from editorial calendars to conference planning. Community builder: experienced building online community using forums, mailing lists, and social media tools.
System administrator: familiar with all major Linux distros. Adept at learning and deploying new technologies, troubleshooting, and solving problems.
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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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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Contributing Editor
Linux Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
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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
