diff --git a/candidates/victoria/TC/gr@ham.ie b/candidates/victoria/TC/gr@ham.ie new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8baad9b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/victoria/TC/gr@ham.ie @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Hello Everyone, + +I have been a member of the TC for 2 terms now, and I am running again for +another term on the TC. + +I have been involved in OpenStack as a developer, operator, PTL, and TC member +for a long time, and I think that I can continue to contribute to the community +on the TC. + +I worked as the technical lead for the System Operations team in Verizon Cloud +Platform, where we ran 90+ OpenStack installs across the world, ranging from +3 compute micro regions where we needed edge style compute, to much larger +footprints for core regions in the US. This gave me a unique viewpoint on how +people use OpenStack for both small scale, and for large, real time mission +critical telecommunications applications. + +Further back in my career, I was part of a team that ran the DNSaaS service in +HP Cloud (based on Designate of course), which combined with my current role +in Azure, where I am looking at how people use both on prem and external +clouds, gives me a good insight into the needs of a cloud provider. + +My main focus over the last term has been trying to get a co-ordinated way for +organizations to contribute to OpenStack - Graham's soap box at the Board +face to face meetings has become a regular event. Thankfully, I think this +has helped push this forward, and I know I have seen people getting involved +in the projects I keep an eye on. + +I have also been involved in the design discussions around `Project Teapot`_ +which I think is a great way for OpenStack to help people scale and manage +their data centers, while providing the services modern applications are +starting to use. I firmly believe that something like Teapot is an important +focus of development for OpenStack. + +I think the new `ideas repo`_ is a fantastic idea and encourage people to put +what ever they think is a good idea for OpenStack in there. I will definitely +be putting up some of the ideas I have talked about over the years in there. + +As a long time PTL of a project I know the pressures they can be under and can +provide insight as we consider the future governance of the OpenStack project, +and its sub projects. + +This has given me a lot of historical knowledge and context to why some things +within our community are the way they are, and as we record this to avoid +needing something as unreliable as a human brain (rst is a lot better :) ) I +feel I can contribute to the discussion. + +Finally, I feel that over the years I have made it clear that I will speak out +even if I know it will cause push back, and this has allowed me to receive +frank and honest feedback from people in community who don't always wish to +spend the mental energy, or pay the social tax of raising topics that can be +controversial. I don't plan on changing this. + +Lastly, I have really enjoyed working in this community, it has given me a lot +both personally and professionally, and I feel that I can still pay that back. +If you agree, please vote for me in the up coming elections, if not please +ask me questions in the next week or so, but for everyone, please vote for +whoever you think will be the best for OpenStack. + +Thanks for taking the time to read this, + +- Graham + + +.. _Project Teapot: https://governance.openstack.org/ideas/ideas/teapot/index.html +.. _ideas repo: https://opendev.org/openstack/ideas \ No newline at end of file