Meeting; Board meeting; new member, new voting member?

[Allen Rout]

Tomorrow night is the first of the month (and year), and so a board meeting.

We'll be voting on a new member, and an aspirant voting member.

If you've got questions or comments for the board, that's the time to
bring them up!


- Allen S. Rout

[dis7ant]

Speaking of, I'm (probably?) they guy who wants to be a new member.  I haven't introduced myself to the mailing list, unless I've forgotten, so here goes:

I go by either Dave or dis7ant, your preference.  I introduce myself as Dave if I'm in a non-technical social setting or as dis7ant if I'm at a conference or online.  They're interchangeable as far as I'm concerned.

I grew up in the Gainesville area, I'm 29, and I've recently moved back home (here) after being away for a little over a decade.

My professional experience is mostly on the electronics hardware side of things, though I'm starting a new degree today that steers me more toward the software and network security side of the house.  I worked for the DoD (not DrinkOrDie, though that would have been fun) from '03-'12 where I was mostly a cruise missile technician.  Almost no programming, some Unix admin, and lots of time spent coercing 1980's technology into shooting the missiles at the correct target at the correct time.

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[dis7ant]

That wasn't supposed to be sent yet, remind me to migrate away from Gmail's web UI

So cruise missile tech:  technical troubleshooting, schematics, component-level repair, fiber repair, database management, mission planning (Place these warheads on that forehead at precisely this time)

I did some other stuff at DoD too, but mostly just weapons systems.

In 2012 I ran a computer repair shop until I fixed all of the computers in my small area and subsequently went out of business.

from the end of 2012-2014 I worked in Washington, D.C. for Siemens.  I was a building automation guy: designing, installing, and programming building automation systems for office buildings and government agencies.  Oh and troubleshooting, lots and lots of troubleshooting.

While working for Siemens I discovered that I was a cruddy programmer, though there's a fair to good chance that I just over-program to the company's liking. I'm always thinking of graceful failure, which ends up generating a lot of code that is never executed or needed.  But, you know, just in case the zombies attack...

I now live in High Springs and my day job is mostly limited to arguing with my neighbor about how ugly my haunted house is compared to his "buy it and flip it" project.  Fuck him.

I'm redirecting myself professionally, starting with a "Cyber Security" degree (I really don't like that name) and eventually leading into pentesting and social engineering.  Jayson Street is a guy who's job I'd like to eventually like to have.

Hobby-wise, I like to build things and try to find ways of living more in tune with the universe instead of trying to bend it to our will.  I had a conversation with someone at the space recently about how I hate converting energy from one type to the other just to eventually convert it back to the first type again, which is something we do constantly (i.e. Solar power>DC>AC>LightBulb or Solar>DC>AC>DC>Laptop).  I'm also working on a blog aimed at non-technical people that will attempt to tech them how to use technology more safely.  If you teach someone how to crack a password, they'll inherently know how to create a strong one.

I like beer?

I'm also in class right now, please excuse the lack of readable formatting.

Cheers,

dis7ant

[Christian Pawlak]

Thanks for the reminder Dave!
I have also forgotten to introduce myself on the mailing list, sorry. :(

I'm Christian, please call me Christian (I know there are a few, sorry about that)
I'm an EE undergrad at UF with an interest in hardware and RF. I am currently employed as a sysadmin / lab rat at a TCB testing firm that does certifications (and sometimes rejections/revocations) for the FCC. We are a windows shop *shudder* but I enjoy hacking around on *nix machines and test-labbing networks in my spare time (currently studying for ccnp r&s). My previous job involved a lot of soldering tiny components (0402, .5 QFP) and manual metal machining, so if anyone needs a hand with either I can probably help. I am a terrible programmer though, sorry.

Either way, I am more than willing to learn and teach whatever I can; I have very much enjoyed the few Tuesdays I have spent at the space, and I am eager to become a member.

-Christian P