[INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io>]

Now that Apache Geode is no longer incubating, I thought it would be fun to
get to know some of the other people in the community.

My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.

Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
organize for user and contributor education.

Way back in the day, I was a user of the POET FastObjects object database,
so I have an affinity for the OO interface of Apache Geode.  My first year
at Pivotal I ran product marketing for Pivotal GemFire - the code base that
led to the initial grant to create Apache Geode.

These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still understand
the kinds of projects that Apache Geode users are trying to build.

Literally the most fun I've had to date with Geode was helping organize the
Apache Geode Summit where I met quite a few participants in this community.

I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
you became an Apache Geode user.  So please introduce yourselves!

-- 
Greg Chase

Global Head, Big Data Communities
http://www.pivotal.io/big-data

Pivotal Software
http://www.pivotal.io/

650-215-0477
@GregChase
Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Luke Shannon <ls...@pivotal.io>]

My name is Luke Shannon. I'm relatively new to the product when compared to
a lot of folks on the list, I've only worked with it the last couple of
years. But I'm a really big fan of Geode, especially excited about the
projects that surround it, such as Spring Data Geode and future
integrations with platforms like Cloud Foundry.

Hope to learn more and help others discover how awesome this product is.

On Dec 15, 2016 6:41 PM, "Michael Stolz" <ms...@pivotal.io> wrote:

> Hi my name is Mike Stolz.
>
> I have been around GemFire (the product from which Apache Geode was
> spawned) pretty much from the very beginning. In fact, I was the first
> customer to put it in production back in 2002 when I worked at Merrill
> Lynch. In 2007 I left Merrill Lynch and joined the GemFire team as VP of
> architecture, and I have been with them in various roles ever since. I now
> serve as a Product Manager for the GemFire product, and I contribute to
> Geode in terms of design considerations, customer use-cases, requirements,
> etc.
>
> --
> Mike Stolz
> Principal Engineer, GemFire Product Manager
> Mobile: 631-835-4771 <(631)%20835-4771>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Udo Kohlmeyer <uk...@pivotal.io>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi my name is Udo Kohlmeyer.
>>
>> I've always had a passion for distributed and concurrent systems. I
>> started my life as a Gemstone/J user and never left the OO-DB scene after
>> that. Versant Object Database and Poet FastObjects are all on my resume. I
>> have a strong dislike towards Hibernate or any other OO-RDBS mapping tools,
>> due to the inefficiencies and the complete disconnect from OO-model to
>> roadkill-like structures RDBMSs suggest.
>>
>> I have recently (last 3yrs) discovered mechanical sympathy and love it.
>> It's a long lost art of development that is almost lost. Love efficient
>> code and if permitted will spend hours trying to get every last drop of
>> performance out of code. Next on my list of "things to conquer" will be
>> reactive frameworks and how to best apply those.
>>
>
>

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Michael Stolz <ms...@pivotal.io>]

Hi my name is Mike Stolz.

I have been around GemFire (the product from which Apache Geode was
spawned) pretty much from the very beginning. In fact, I was the first
customer to put it in production back in 2002 when I worked at Merrill
Lynch. In 2007 I left Merrill Lynch and joined the GemFire team as VP of
architecture, and I have been with them in various roles ever since. I now
serve as a Product Manager for the GemFire product, and I contribute to
Geode in terms of design considerations, customer use-cases, requirements,
etc.

--
Mike Stolz
Principal Engineer, GemFire Product Manager
Mobile: 631-835-4771

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Udo Kohlmeyer <uk...@pivotal.io>
wrote:

> Hi my name is Udo Kohlmeyer.
>
> I've always had a passion for distributed and concurrent systems. I
> started my life as a Gemstone/J user and never left the OO-DB scene after
> that. Versant Object Database and Poet FastObjects are all on my resume. I
> have a strong dislike towards Hibernate or any other OO-RDBS mapping tools,
> due to the inefficiencies and the complete disconnect from OO-model to
> roadkill-like structures RDBMSs suggest.
>
> I have recently (last 3yrs) discovered mechanical sympathy and love it.
> It's a long lost art of development that is almost lost. Love efficient
> code and if permitted will spend hours trying to get every last drop of
> performance out of code. Next on my list of "things to conquer" will be
> reactive frameworks and how to best apply those.
>

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Udo Kohlmeyer <uk...@pivotal.io>]

Hi my name is Udo Kohlmeyer.

I've always had a passion for distributed and concurrent systems. I 
started my life as a Gemstone/J user and never left the OO-DB scene 
after that. Versant Object Database and Poet FastObjects are all on my 
resume. I have a strong dislike towards Hibernate or any other OO-RDBS 
mapping tools, due to the inefficiencies and the complete disconnect 
from OO-model to roadkill-like structures RDBMSs suggest.

I have recently (last 3yrs) discovered mechanical sympathy and love it. 
It's a long lost art of development that is almost lost. Love efficient 
code and if permitted will spend hours trying to get every last drop of 
performance out of code. Next on my list of "things to conquer" will be 
reactive frameworks and how to best apply those.

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Diane Rose Hardman <dh...@pivotal.io>]

Congratulations on your 60th birthday Bruce! I'll be riding your coattails
in a few years! I'm still in the 'Fifties are Nifty' phase. 🤘

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Bruce Schuchardt <bs...@pivotal.io>
wrote:

> I'm Bruce Schuchardt. I've had a passion for data handling systems since
> the late 1970’s, and an even greater urgency for software to work more
> efficiently. In the age of monolithic databases I wanted distributed
> systems. In the age of coarse CORBA services I wanted microservices. Geode
> is the culmination of what I've worked to create for over 30 years and I'm
> very happy that today, on my 60th birthday, we are out of incubation and
> moving forward.
>

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Bruce Schuchardt <bs...@pivotal.io>]

I'm Bruce Schuchardt. I've had a passion for data handling systems since
the late 1970’s, and an even greater urgency for software to work more
efficiently. In the age of monolithic databases I wanted distributed
systems. In the age of coarse CORBA services I wanted microservices. Geode
is the culmination of what I've worked to create for over 30 years and I'm
very happy that today, on my 60th birthday, we are out of incubation and
moving forward.

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Mark Bretl <as...@gmail.com>]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Mark (current V.P., aka PMC Chair) and I work for Kollective
Technology. I am a build engineer by trade and Gradle enthusiast. I have
deep ties to the Geode code base, as I have a long history with GemStone
Systems and also was with VMware/Pivotal for a while. During my time with
Pivotal, I had the opportunity to work on converting the old Ant build into
the Gradle build we all enjoy now.

As I have stated in earlier emails, I am here to serve the community the
best I can while I am PMC Chair and I hope to grow it in hopes of taking
over the world someday ;)

--Mark

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>
wrote:

> Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other is
> super
> useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:
>
> I am Roman (your former mentor and current PMC member). I hang around
> a lot of ASF big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but
> lately
> I've been gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my
> career
> at Sun microsystems back at a time when Linux  wasn't even 1.x and I've
> been doing enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to
> work on
> the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
> elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
> VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
> is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!
>
> I'm here to keep an eye on you guys ;-) No, not really -- this
> community is pretty
> awesome and it really deserves the TLP status. Frankly, I'm here to be
> a fly-on-the
> wall observing all the amazing use cases that Geode is powering. I'm also
> here
> to be able to tell my grandkids that I was there when Geode took over
> the world ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> Roman.
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> > Now that Apache Geode is no longer incubating, I thought it would be fun
> to
> > get to know some of the other people in the community.
> >
> > My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
> > data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
> >
> > Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
> > organize for user and contributor education.
> >
> > Way back in the day, I was a user of the POET FastObjects object
> database,
> > so I have an affinity for the OO interface of Apache Geode.  My first
> year
> > at Pivotal I ran product marketing for Pivotal GemFire - the code base
> that
> > led to the initial grant to create Apache Geode.
> >
> > These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still
> understand
> > the kinds of projects that Apache Geode users are trying to build.
> >
> > Literally the most fun I've had to date with Geode was helping organize
> the
> > Apache Geode Summit where I met quite a few participants in this
> community.
> >
> > I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
> > you became an Apache Geode user.  So please introduce yourselves!
> >
> > --
> > Greg Chase
> >
> > Global Head, Big Data Communities
> > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
> >
> > Pivotal Software
> > http://www.pivotal.io/
> >
> > 650-215-0477
> > @GregChase
> > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
> >
>

Re: [INTRODUCTIONS] Hi, I'm Greg and I'm part of the Geode Community

[Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org>]

Greg, thanks for kicking off the roll call. Getting to know each other is super
useful (and can be fun! ;-)). I'll go next:

I am Roman (your former mentor and current PMC member). I hang around
a lot of ASF big data projects (as a committer and a PMC member), but lately
I've been gravitating towards IoT as well (Apache Mynewt). I started my career
at Sun microsystems back at a time when Linux  wasn't even 1.x and I've
been doing enterprise software ever since. I was lucky enough to get to work on
the original Hadoop team at Yahoo! and fall in love with not one but two
elephants (Hadoop and Postgres). Recently I've assumed a position of
VP of Technology at ODPi and I'm still hoping to MHGA! My secret weapon
is Apache Bigtop (which I co-founded) and I'm not afraid to use it!

I'm here to keep an eye on you guys ;-) No, not really -- this
community is pretty
awesome and it really deserves the TLP status. Frankly, I'm here to be
a fly-on-the
wall observing all the amazing use cases that Geode is powering. I'm also here
to be able to tell my grandkids that I was there when Geode took over
the world ;-)

Thanks,
Roman.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Gregory Chase <gc...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> Now that Apache Geode is no longer incubating, I thought it would be fun to
> get to know some of the other people in the community.
>
> My name is Greg Chase and I run community development for Pivotal for big
> data open source communities that Pivotal contributes to.
>
> Some of you may have seen my frequent emails about virtual events I help
> organize for user and contributor education.
>
> Way back in the day, I was a user of the POET FastObjects object database,
> so I have an affinity for the OO interface of Apache Geode.  My first year
> at Pivotal I ran product marketing for Pivotal GemFire - the code base that
> led to the initial grant to create Apache Geode.
>
> These days I'm much more of a marketer than a coder, but I still understand
> the kinds of projects that Apache Geode users are trying to build.
>
> Literally the most fun I've had to date with Geode was helping organize the
> Apache Geode Summit where I met quite a few participants in this community.
>
> I know we'd all love to hear more about everyone else's projects, and how
> you became an Apache Geode user.  So please introduce yourselves!
>
> --
> Greg Chase
>
> Global Head, Big Data Communities
> http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
>
> Pivotal Software
> http://www.pivotal.io/
>
> 650-215-0477
> @GregChase
> Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/
>