From 48e72f83bf980d9672484fc131f28d421f41e309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jay S. Bryant" Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:59:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Jay Bryant TC Nomination for Wallaby This commit is to official nominate myself for re-election to the OpenStack Technical Committee. Change-Id: Ic9b6dbf561d70602d692a2bb2376cf1849783690 --- .../wallaby/TC/jsbryant@electronicjungle.net | 58 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/wallaby/TC/jsbryant@electronicjungle.net diff --git a/candidates/wallaby/TC/jsbryant@electronicjungle.net b/candidates/wallaby/TC/jsbryant@electronicjungle.net new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a05ab10 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/wallaby/TC/jsbryant@electronicjungle.net @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Dear OpenStack Community, + +This note is to officially announce my intention to be re-elected to the +OpenStack TC in the Wallaby cycle. + +At this point, I think that many of you know me, but for those who don't I will +briefly introduce myself. I have been a part of the OpenStack Community since early +in 2013. At that time I was working for IBM and acted as the liaison between the +storage teams developing Cinder drivers for IBM's storage solutions and the +Community. I am currently working at Lenovo as the Principal Cloud +Architect, leading a team that is developing automated infrastructure +deployment and cloud deploy solutions for several different cloud platforms. + +During my time in the OpenStack Community I have been a Cinder core +team member and served as PTL for Cinder for two years. I have been an active +part of on-boarding for new Community members, helping and supporting the +Upstream Institute sessions since the 2016 session in Barcelona. I also have +been active in projects outside of Cinder, acting as Oslo liaison for Cinder +and helping the documentation team back in the days that that was a thing. + +Most recently, I have served a year on the OpenStack TC. I will admit that +the experience has come with a learning curve. My time has also been during +a time of change for the TC and for OpenStack in general. During my time on +the TC I was proud to organize the first review of Technical Committee +questions in the annual user survey. The exercise was interesting and +I feel it brought good information to the TC with regards to what the +community needs to be doing to best serve our users. + +I also have been active in the discussions around how to handle +leaderless projects. I feel that my experience as a PTL for a +notable period of time and core team member for over 6 years gives me +perspective to talk about how we continue to develop OpenStack project +structure. + +During my last year, my focus at work has changed from pure development to +being more of a designer/consumer of cloud solutions. The solutions are +not exclusively OpenStack, but now include OpenShift and VMware based clouds. +The change in focus has given me new perspective on how OpenStack fits into +the cloud ecosystem and I think it is perspective that will be helpful in the +coming year as we now have a combined Technical Committee and User Committee. + +If re-elected I will support getting the OpenStack community connected with +other cloud communities, especially the k8s community. I will continue to +support efforts to adapt OpenStack's processes and projects to make things +easier for projects both large and small. I also hope to help to set +goals for the community that will help it continue to be a vibrant and +relevant cloud solution for years to come! + +Working with the OpenStack Community has always been something that +I have been very proud to do in my career. I thank you all for the +opportunity to serve as a TC member the last year and hope that I +can continue to serve the community in this capacity. + +Sincerely, +Jay Bryant +IRC (Freenode): jungleboyj + +