SteveRiley

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Contributions

  • I'm an administrator/moderator of Kubuntu Forums, where I participate regularly and also provide financial support.

  • I occasionally participate on the Kubuntu mail list and at the KDE Forum.

  • I've reported the occasional bug to *buntu and KDE.

About Me

My journey with open source and Linux-based operating systems began in the middle of 2009. I started with Ubuntu, figuring that its large community would provide ample resources to learn. After about a year, I decided it was time to make a Linux-based operating system my primary operating system, as opposed to dabbling with it as a hobby. I experimented with various distros but kept returning to Ubuntu, mostly out a growing familiarity. I discovered the KDE desktop and Kubuntu in early 2011 and joined the Kubuntu forum in July of that year. In October 2011, at the recommendation of one of the existing moderators, I was invited to join the team of administrators at KFN.

From 1998 to 2009 I worked at Microsoft, first in the telecommunications consulting practice and then in the Trustworthy Computing Group. Information security is my principal specialty. During my time there I spoke at hundreds of conferences and seminars worldwide, frequently earning top speaker ratings. After I left Microsoft, I went to Amazon Web Services, where I gained considerable cloud computing experience while focusing on cloud security. In 2011 I moved to Riverbed Technology, where I am a technical director in the CTO Office. My primary work includes network, cloud, and application performance strategy and competitive research.

Aspirations

Discovering and learning Linux, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, and KDE has been quite a lot of fun. Professionally, it's helped me understand the innner workings of my employer's products, as they're based on Linux. Personally, it's offered me a new outlet to do something I thoroughly enjoy: helping others learn. This was largely what I did on the speaking circuit during my time at Microsoft, and is now one of the reasons that attracted me to Kubuntu Forums.

Deeping my ties with the Kubuntu community is a goal of mine: first as an official member, then perhaps as part of the Kubuntu council.

Publications

  • "Information System Lifecycle Management for the Cloud," chapter in Auditing Cloud Computing, 2011 (Wiley)

  • Information Security Perspective on Intranets, Internets, and E-commerce, co-author, 2006

  • Protect Your Windows Network, co-author, 2005 (Addison-Wesley)

  • numerous articles in TechNet Magazine and Windows IT Pro Magazine

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