TC Candidacy for Kristi Nikolla
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Hi all,
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I’m stepping out of the comfort zone and submitting my candidacy for a seat on
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the OpenStack Technical Committee.
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I’m a software architect at the Mass Open Cloud[0], a collaboration between
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the five major universities of the Boston area to create and operate a
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public cloud based on the Open Cloud eXchange model[1]. I’ve been involved
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with OpenStack for the past three years as a user, operator and developer.
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My main area of focus is in identity and federation. I’m a core reviewer for
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the Keystone project and the lead for MixMatch[2][3][4], which aims to enable
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resource federation among multiple OpenStack deployments.
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I believe my affiliation with academia and research will bring a different
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voice to the technical committee from a mostly underrepresented group.
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Furthermore, my experience with federation and operating a cloud with a
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diverse set of offerings not limited to OpenStack, but including other
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important pieces of a cloud provider’s toolbox will prove really valuable,
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especially with the vision dilemmas that OpenStack is facing today.
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I’m really excited to have the opportunity to take part in the discussion with
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regards to the technical vision for OpenStack. Regardless of election outcome,
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this is the first step towards a larger involvement from me in the important
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discussions (no more shying away from the important mailing list threads.)
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I have a lot yet to learn, and consider it a big privilege to be surrounded by
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so many kind people who have mentored me and continue to mentor me while I
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walk and stumble. I strongly believe in servant leadership, and I will devote
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myself in helping the community and mentoring the next wave of OpenStack
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contributors. I have found OpenStack to be one of the most welcoming online
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communities, and am very proud to be a part of this big family and for a
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chance to give back.
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Thank you for your time and attention,
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Kristi Nikolla (knikolla)
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[0]. https://massopen.cloud
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[1]. http://www.cs.bu.edu/fac/best/res/papers/ic14.pdf
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[2]. https://mixmatch.readthedocs.io
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[3]. https://github.com/openstack/mixmatch
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[4]. https://youtu.be/O0euqskJJ_8
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