About Me
I am a 20 something european New Zealander, married to Kat, living in Dublin, Ireland. Our
first child, Micah was born 10 weeks premature on 19 Feb 2011, we're looking
forward to watching him grow over the next years.
If you want to know more Contact Me, or
visit mattandkatbrown.com where
Kat and I regularly post about life in Dublin and our travels around Europe.I graduated from the University of Waikato in 2004 with a Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (BCMS) with First Class Honours. In 2005 and 2006 I worked for MediaLab Ltd. and the WAND Network Research Group at Waikato University. My primary responsibility during this time was the implementation of a wireless mesh network for broadband internet delivery in rural areas. As part of this project I led the development of a configuration system designed to make configuration and management of rural wireless networks much easier.
Currently I work for the Google Ireland as a Linux Systems Administrator. It's a great job, and a great place to work with a continual stream of new and interesting challenges and projects. The scale of Google's infrastructure is simply mind-blowing.
I am also a member of the global Open Source community, see the Software page in the sidebar to the right for details of the code and patches that I've written. I concentrate my efforts on the Debian, Quagga and PHPwiki projects. I've served two terms on the WLUG Linux Users Group commitee. I remain active in WLUG and help out with maintaining the groups Wiki and servers.
When I'm not doing all of the above, I maintain a healthy work / life balance and enjoy outdoor activites such as snowboarding and tramping. I have a strong Christian faith and regularly attend St Marks church in Dublin.
That's it for now
Matt