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||<tablewidth="100%" ^:> {{attachment:/KA6MAL-192.png}} ||<^> Hi, I'm Kamal Mostafa <[email protected]> from Boulder Creek, California, USA. <<BR>><<BR>> I am an experienced software developer, C programmer, and electronics hobbyist.<<BR>><<BR>> '''IRC:''' kamalmostafa ~-on irc.freenode.net-~ <<BR>> '''Launchpad:''' https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa <<BR>> '''Ham radio callsign:''' [[http://www.qrz.com/db/KA6MAL|KA6MAL]] <<BR>> || ||<tablewidth="100%" ^:> {{attachment:/KA6MAL-192.png}} ||<^> Hi, I'm '''Kamal Mostafa''' <[email protected]> from Boulder Creek, California, USA. <<BR>><<BR>> I work for Canonical as a Linux kernel engineer on the [[KernelTeam|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/7080714/ubuntu-kernel-team-small.png}}]][[KernelTeam|Ubuntu Kernel Team]]. <<BR>><<BR>> I have been a software engineer forever, having worked at SCO, Handspring, and Synopsys before joining Canonical in 2010. <<BR>><<BR>> '''IRC:''' kamal <<BR>> '''Launchpad:''' https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa <<BR>> '''Other projects: ''' http://www.whence.com/kamal ||
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I have run Linux and UNIX systems at home and at work for decades* and have been an Ubuntu user and hacker since Feisty. In late 2009 my position as Senior Software Engineer at a major Silicon Valley EDA company ended... Happily, this has left me with the time and freedom to apply my 20 years of UNIX/Linux development experience to Ubuntu.<<BR>>
~- *(SCO Xenix '286 came on about twenty 5.25" floppies, back in those days!) -~''

  ||<#80FF80> '''I am currently seeking employment (February 2010).<<BR>>Please see [[http://www.whence.com/kamal/Kamal-Mostafa-resume.html|my resume]] for details about my qualifications.''' ||
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 * I have been working the [[http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/ftbfs/lucid.html|Lucid FTBFS]] list daily since late 2009, learning the Ubuntu dev procedures and [[https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa/+related-software|fixing several broken packages each week]].  * I maintain [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable|Extended Stable (mainline) Linux kernels]] and work on the [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/|Ubuntu stable kernels]] for the [[KernelTeam|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/7080714/ubuntu-kernel-team-small.png}}]][[KernelTeam|Ubuntu Kernel Team]].
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 * I am an admin and active member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/37961768/ubuntu-hams_14.png}}]][[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams|ubuntu-hams]] and [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/37961810/ubuntu-hams-devel_14.png}}]][[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel|ubuntu-hams-devel]] teams in Launchpad. My goal is to address every open ham radio bug in Ubuntu.  * I am a [[http://qa.debian.org/[email protected]|Debian Developer]].
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 * During my first weeks, I provided detailed feedback to JamesWestby and ScottKitterman of the FoundationsTeam about my experiences as a new developer/contributor.  * I am an admin and active member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/37961768/ubuntu-hams_14.png}}]][[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams|ubuntu-hams]] and [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel|ubuntu-hams-devel]] teams. I am a ham radio operator ([[http://www.qrz.com/db/KA6MAL|KA6MAL]]) and electronics/DSP hobbyist.
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 * I am a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol|{{https://launchpadlibrarian.net/4423778/qa-icon.png}}]][[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol|ubuntu-bugcontrol]] team.

 * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KamalMostafa/Endorsements|Endorsements]] of my work.

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Hi, I'm Kamal Mostafa <[email protected]> from Boulder Creek, California, USA.

I work for Canonical as a Linux kernel engineer on the KernelTeamUbuntu Kernel Team.

I have been a software engineer forever, having worked at SCO, Handspring, and Synopsys before joining Canonical in 2010.

IRC: kamal
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~kamalmostafa
Other projects: http://www.whence.com/kamal

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KamalMostafa (last edited 2015-06-16 16:28:39 by kamalmostafa)