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Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) -- Engineering Manager at LizardTech (www.lizardtech.com)
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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
Summary of Non-OSGeo (LizardTech) Activities
- employed by LizardTech since 1999; involved in the design and development of a large portion of LizardTech's software, including MrSID and JPEG 2000 offerings; currently manager of engineering team
- 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