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Guy Martin - Red Hat. Morgan Hill, CA, US

Guy Martin

Managing Principal Architect & Open Source Consultant | Red Hat

Morgan Hill, CA, UNITED STATES

Experienced speaker bringing a mix of Open Source, Community, Government 2.0 & Social Media to the table.

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Top 10 signs your company doesn't Guy Martin (CollabNet), interviewed at OSCON 2011 Interview with the Community Managers of Forge.mil

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Biography

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 like to speak on topics centered around Open Source/Community and their applicability to a wide range of collaboration and technology challenges. I've also spent time in the US Defense contracting space applying Open Source principles, and I can speak to that as well. Finally, I do speak indirectly about social media topics, but only as they apply to enhancing or building communities. Therefore, I wouldn't consider myself a 'Social Media Expert', just an informed and passionate proponent of their judicious use.

Industry Expertise (6)

Information Technology and Services

Social Media

Government Relations

Computer Software

Internet

Defense

Areas of Expertise (3)

Open Source Software Strategy

Government 2.0/Community Management

Social Media

Accomplishments (3)

Federal Computer Week 'Fed 100' Award (professional)

Named to Federal Computer Week's 'Fed 100' list of the top IT professionals in the Federal Government IT space in 2010. One of 6 featured interviews in the print and online editions of the magazine.

Certified Scrum Master (professional)

Achieved Agile Scrum Master Certification

Inventor/Co-Inventor for 8 Software Patents (professional)

Inventor/Co-Inventor for 8 software patents in remote and in-vehicle telematics, as well as remote data retrieval.

Education (1)

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA: Bachelor of Science, Computer Science 1993

Event Appearances (11)

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O'Reilly OSCON Conference  Portland, OR

2010-07-23

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NASA Open Source Summit  Moffett Field, CA

2011-03-31

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Enterprise 2.0 Conference  San Jose, CA

2010-11-08

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DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) Partner Conference  Baltimore, MD

2011-08-17

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HP Government Summit  Washington, DC

2011-06-21

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O'Reilly OSCON Conference  Portland, OR

2011-07-28

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GOSCON (Government Open Source Conference)  Washington, DC

2009-11-05

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SSTC (Systems, Software, Technology Conference) - Department of Defense  Salt Lake City, UT

2010-04-27

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SSTC (Systems, Software, Technology Conference) - Department of Defense  Salt Lake City, UT

2011-05-17

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SCALE 6x (Southern California Linux Expo)  Los Angeles, CA

2008-02-09

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AFEI DoD Agile Conference - Ask the Experts Panel  Washington, DC

2010-12-14

Sample Talks (2)

Open Source & Community Aren't Just for Technology Anymore

A talk describing how principles of Open Source & Community (e.g. - trust, transparency, quick iterations) are valuable to a wider variety of business problems. The success and value of Open Source projects such as Linux, Apache, Subversion, etc. is not solely in the end product. Applying principles of Open Source and Community to business problems of all stripes can yield radical results and empower your workforce to accomplish things they (and you) thought were previously unachievable.

Generals, Colonels & Community: Refactoring DoD Software Development

A talk describing how my team developed an Open Source-style code sharing repository for the US Department of Defense. This talk is not strictly about the tools/system we built, but also some of the cultural challenges we faced and overcame, as well as a discussion of why building communities was critical to the success of the effort. There are some ROI numbers and take aways I leave the audience with to show how taking a chance on 'thinking different' in a traditional organization such as the DoD can have lasting benefits.

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0 to 500 *Will consider certain engagements for no fee