Hello everyone,
It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing that Matt Walker has joined the Wikimedia
Foundation as a Fundraising Engineer.
Before joining us, Matt was a software engineer at Rockwell Collins Control Technologies
developing “a DO-178B level A qualified Real-Time Operating System in C and PowerPC
assembly.” (Ask him about it.) He got his dual B.S. in EE and CS from the University of
Tulsa with a minor in Mathematics.
On the side, Matt enjoys tech theatre, glass blowing, SCUBA diving, hiking, and bicycling
so I’m not sure how he’ll fit in with his move to the Bay Area. During the reference
check, the department chair of Electrical Engineering at his uni regaled me with stories
about a time lapse video project he self-started and having to sign a permission slip for
a high school prom.
His first official day will be on July 9th assuming he survives his cross-country trip
through Wyoming and the Dakotas. (I’ve seen the trailers for Longmire
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)> so it’s not a given — Wyoming
sounds like a very dangerous place.) He will be working with the FR-Tech team trying to
establish the lower bounds for the Ballmer Peak <http://xkcd.com/323/> during their
late night programming sessions; Katie and Peter will be establishing the Long Tail.
He’s also great friends with Peter Gehres, but we won’t hold that against him. :-) Please
join me in welcoming Matt to the Wikimedia Foundation.
Take care,
Terry
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