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 * I have only good things to say about Kyle. He has a lot of technical experience, he's curious, happy to learn more, he is very easy to work with, goes out of his way to help, he's thoughtful, is happy to work with anyone - no matter if it's other contributors, people from other teams, partners or just curious community members, goes the extra mile to fix things, participated in Snappy clinics (video sessions) and is always approachable. -- [[LaunchpadHome:dholbach]] <<DateTime(2016-02-19T16:22:51+0100)>>

About Me

My Linux experience began with Red Hat (mostly because it had Bomberman preinstalled), but I soon upgraded to Debian (Woody) and finally Ubuntu (Feisty). I've been an Ubuntu evangelist ever since.

In the past I was employed at Miriam Technologies, writing web applications with Ruby on Rails. This was where I got a lot of Debian experience, writing software on my Debian machine and administering Debian servers.

From there I began work at the University of Idaho developing neural networks and evolutionary algorithms for limb control of a quadruped robot. I then began work developing embedded Linux applications to facilitate control of autonomous underwater vehicles. I got some good embedded experience here, mostly focusing on the Gumstix Overo platform.

More recently I worked as a roboticist for the U.S. Department of Defense, writing software to facilitate control of autonomous ground vehicles running Ubuntu.

Nowadays, I'm happily employed at Canonical, working on Ubuntu. I'm specifically focusing on Snapcraft.

Contact Information

IRC

kyrofa

Email

kyle [at] canonical.com

Launchpad

~kyrofa

Website

rainveiltech.com

Contributions

Before my employment at Canonical, I was looking for a new laptop when I saw that Dell was offering a discount on their XPS 13 in exchange for help getting Ubuntu stable on it (the Sputnik project). I took them up on that offer and ended up contributing a number of kernel patches to Ubuntu that have since moved into mainline.

At Canonical, I've contributed to Ubuntu in a number of ways:

  • Wrote the Unity8 Snappy Scope (allowing one to install/uninstall .snaps from the scope).
  • Helped write the Ubuntu Phone pay service, allowing users to purchase apps as well as in-app items.

  • Backported seccomp filters to all Ubuntu Phone kernels < v3.5.

  • I'm a Snapcraft developer, improving and guiding future developments.
  • Contributed to developer.ubuntu.com documentation.

Future Goals

  • Blog more often.
  • Become more involved with the Ubuntu Community.
  • Further improve Ubuntu Core and Snapcraft, particularly relating to robotics (e.g. ROS and MOOS).

Testimonials

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  • I have only good things to say about Kyle. He has a lot of technical experience, he's curious, happy to learn more, he is very easy to work with, goes out of his way to help, he's thoughtful, is happy to work with anyone - no matter if it's other contributors, people from other teams, partners or just curious community members, goes the extra mile to fix things, participated in Snappy clinics (video sessions) and is always approachable. -- dholbach 2016-02-19 15:22:51

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