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= Martin-EricRacine = Martin-Éric is the Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group].
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== Martin-Éric Racine == = Contact =
 * Q-FUNK on Freenode, mainly on #ltsp and #ubuntu-x.
 * [https://launchpad.net/~q-funk Profile on Launchpad]
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''' Making Ubuntu a visible brand name in the corporate world. '''
 * All your Armani suits are belong to '''me'''!
 * Uncurable GNOME lover!
 * Born to be blogged!

=== Background ===

 * Professional pedigree in Software Project Management and Key Account Management. http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/
 * Experienced UNIX user who recently started maintaining some Debian packages of his own (cups-pdf, numlockx, upgrade-system). http://funkyware.konflux.at/ http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=q-funk%40iki.fi
 * Hyperactive bug reporter with a strong emphasis on localisation and usability aspects. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=q-funk%40iki.fi		 == Contributions to Ubuntu ==
 * Primary Ubuntu bug contact for all the packages he originally maintains at Debian.
 * Lot of time spent on X.org issues pertaining to the Geode chipset to make it work on LTSP.
 * Created the ["ALSA on PPC"] reference to document the status of ALSA support on PPC hardware.
 * Team member of [http://www.linux-tuki.fi/ Linux Tuki], which is the official Ubuntu support partner for Finland.
 * Ubuntero since 2006-09-18.
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 * Make Ubuntu the #1 Linux distribution in the Educational and Governmental sectors.
 * Promote Asterisk and Open Mosix as original LTSP extensions to leverage the CPU power of thin clients.
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 * Create, develop and implement marketting strategies to make Ubuntu the new de-facto Entreprise Linux solution.
 * Further support startups interested in developing Ubuntu-based custom distributions for their local market.
 * Maintain my own packages (same as those I have on Debian - see above) and possibly adopt MOTU packages too.
 * Actively sollicit Linux PPC developers' help towards fixing ALSA on PPC. Got MarkShuttleworth to offer a 500 USD bounty towards this issue. https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=306 http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2005/02/04#2005-02-04_ALSA_PPC_bounty		 == Contributions to Debian ==
 * Master of Ceremony and main organizer of Debian Day at Debconf 2005.
 * Leader of the Linux-Aktivaatori team that handled Debconf 2005 press relations.
 * Debian maintainer since 2003:
   * [http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=q-funk%40iki.fi Debian Developer's Packages Overview]
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=== Availability === == Professional Background ==
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 * Full-time. See blog for details.  * Expertise in Business Strategy, Key Account Management, Product Management.
 * Co-founded [http://www.linutop.com Linutop], following which he moved on and joined their hardware manufacturer's team.
 * Currently working as Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group], a startup that contributes to Coreboot and Linux, and that manufactures the [http://www.thincan.com ThinCan] thin client.

= Testimonials =
 * TBA.

Martin-Éric is the Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group].

Contact

Contributions to Ubuntu

  • Primary Ubuntu bug contact for all the packages he originally maintains at Debian.
  • Lot of time spent on X.org issues pertaining to the Geode chipset to make it work on LTSP.
  • Created the ["ALSA on PPC"] reference to document the status of ALSA support on PPC hardware.

  • Team member of [http://www.linux-tuki.fi/ Linux Tuki], which is the official Ubuntu support partner for Finland.

  • Ubuntero since 2006-09-18.

Goals for Ubuntu

  • Make Ubuntu the #1 Linux distribution in the Educational and Governmental sectors.
  • Promote Asterisk and Open Mosix as original LTSP extensions to leverage the CPU power of thin clients.

Contributions to Debian

Professional Background

  • Expertise in Business Strategy, Key Account Management, Product Management.

  • Co-founded [http://www.linutop.com Linutop], following which he moved on and joined their hardware manufacturer's team.

  • Currently working as Business Development Manager at [http://www.artecgroup.com Artec Group], a startup that contributes to Coreboot and Linux, and that manufactures the [http://www.thincan.com ThinCan] thin client.

Testimonials

  • TBA.

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