User:Mpg

Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) -- Independent consultant at Flaxen Geo Consulting (http://www.flaxen.com)

Links

• website: flaxen.com

• blog: flaxenblog.blogspot.com

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mpgerlek

• Twitter: twitter.com/#!/mpgerlek

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Summary of OSGeo Activities

• involved with OSGeo since initial Chicago meeting in February of 2006

• the original OSGeo T-shirts guy

• helped organize major presence at Where 2.0 in 2006

• led the Visibility Committee (VisCom) for ~1 year

• coordinated development of formal logos, branding guide, etc

• traveled to Beijing (October, 2006) to help launch the China Chapter of OSGeo

• occasional speaker, workshop presenter, etc

• co-founder of CUGOS, a user's group for open source geo software in the Cascade region (Puget Sound / Seattle), and designated "venue host"

• editor of "Open Sources", OSGeo's column in GeoConnexions magazine

• assisted in organizing the "Open Technology Conference" (OTD/DOD), hosted a panel discussion of OSGeo members

• set up the cafepress site

• advocate for use of open source software within the commercial and defense sectors

• contributor to libLAS (www.liblas.org), DotSpatial, and other projects

Summary of Non-OSGeo Activities

• 2010: started Flaxen Geo Consulting so I could go out on my own, specializing in the intersection of GIS, Open Source, and .NET/C#

• employed by LizardTech 1999-2010; involved in the design and development of a large portion of LizardTech's software, including MrSID and JPEG 2000 offerings; Director of Engineering

• ex-compiler writer and high-performance / parallel computing wonk (Intel, Oregon Graduate Institute, Los Alamos National Lab)

• member of OGC, attended a number of TC meetings; have worked on various OGC standards and activities centered around JPEG 2000 and related technologies

• occasional member/rep to other formal or informal geo standards groups and working groups