From the Canyon Edge: Austin's Lucid Release Party

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Austin's Lucid Release Party

Our Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release is just around the corner, so it's time for another Austin Release Party...

We held the Jaunty release party at the Jackalope, and the Karmic release party at Aussie's (in honor of our favorite Koala)... Up next, The Mean Eyed Cat, paying our respects to the Lucid Lynx!

So join us on Friday, April 30th from 6pm at The Mean Eyed Cat, 1621 W Fifth St, Austin, TX 78703.

If you haven't been to the Mean Eyed Cat, you're in for a treat :-) This Johnny Cash-themed bar was actually the setting for a scene in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Bring a USB key if you'd like to get a copy of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and leave a note in the comments below if you plan on joining us, or I'm going to send this guy after you if you don't...

Cheers,
:-Dustin

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derekApril 13, 2010 at 2:21 PM
sounds like fun - wish i could make it but i'll be out of town.
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TedApril 13, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Wish I could make it to, but I'm not in the same state or country! :-( Have fun though.

PS...did you hunt down that bug with eCryptfs with regard to mounting encrypted files from one one system on another? (https://answers.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+question/104211)

Ted
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AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Might have to come celebrate my son's birthday with you.
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AnonymousApril 19, 2010 at 4:01 AM
Heya Dustin. Hoping to bring down an Austin contingency of Rackers for the launch. Funny thing is, I was in a band that did the title track for Texas Chainsaw 3 - missed it by on. No worries - we'll be out there to celebrate our brothers and the best Linux distro out there. Cheres.
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Dustin KirklandApril 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Awesome, looking forward to meeting you!
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AnonymousApril 27, 2010 at 2:17 PM
A USB key huh? Should we bring our notebooks also, or will this be a more serious drinking affair? I have a Dell Vostro V13 I purchased with Ubuntu....
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Dustin KirklandApril 28, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Please do bring your netbooks/notebooks and show off your favorite features, if you like! Last time, I demo'd our Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. I'll probably just enjoy the beer and conversation this time around, though ;-)
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KeithApril 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM
I will stop by
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UnknownApril 30, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Any idea what the count will be? I've just moved to Austin, and I'd love to get to know some folks here. Will the party go late?; I can't get there till about 8 pm.
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Dustin KirklandApril 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM
We've had 10 - 40 people at the last 5 release parties. I'll probably hang around until 9pm or so.

:-Dustin
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Dustin Kirkland (Twitter, LinkedIn) is an engineer at heart, with a penchant for reducing complexity and solving problems at the cross-sections of technology, business, and people.

With a degree in computer engineering from Texas A&M University (2001), his full-time career began as a software engineer at IBM in the Linux Technology Center working on the Linux kernel and security certifications, including a one-year stint as an dedicated engineer-in-residence at Red Hat in Boston (2005). Dustin was awarded the title Master Inventor at IBM, in recognition of his prolific patent work as an inventor and reviewer with IBM's intellectual property attorneys.

Dustin then first joined Canonical (2008) as an engineer (eventually, engineering manager), helping create the Ubuntu Server distribution and establishing Ubuntu as the overwhelming favorite Linux distribution in Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's cloud platforms, as well as authoring and maintaining dozens of new open source packages.

Dustin joined Gazzang (2011), a venture-backed start-up built around an open source project that he co-authored (eCryptFS), as Chief Technology Officer, and helped dozens of enterprise customers encrypt their data at rest and securely manage their keys. Gazzang was acquired by Cloudera (2014).

Having effectively monetized eCryptFS as an open source project at Gazzang, Dustin returned to Canonical (2013) as the VP of Product for Ubuntu and spent the next several years launching a portfolio of products and services (Ubuntu Advantage, Extended Security Maintenance, Canonical Livepatch, MAAS, OpenStack, Kubernetes) that continues to deliver considerable annual recurring revenue. With Canonical based in London, an 800+ work-from-home employee roster and customers spread across 40+ countries, Dustin traveled the world over, connecting with clients and colleagues steeped in rich cultural experiences.

Google Cloud (2018) recruited Dustin from Canonical to product manage Google's entrance into on-premises data centers with its GKE On-Prem (now, Anthos) offering, with a specific focus on the underlying operating system, hypervisor, and container security. This work afforded Dustin a view deep into the back end data center of many financial services companies, where he still sees tremendous opportunities for improvements in security, efficiencies, cost-reduction, and disruptive new technology adoption.

Seeking a growth-mode opportunity in the fintech sector, Dustin joined Apex Clearing (now, Apex Fintech Solutions) as the Chief Product Officer (2019), where he led several organizations including product management, field engineering, data science, and business partnerships. He drastically revamped Apex's product portfolio and product management processes, retooling away from a legacy "clearing house and custodian", and into a "software-as-a-service fintech" offering instant brokerage account opening, real-time fractional stock trading, a secure closed-network crypto solution, and led the acquisition and integration of Silver's tax and cost basis solution.

Drawn back into a large cap, Dustin joined Goldman Sachs (2021) as a Managing Director and Head of Platform Product Management, within the Consumer banking division, which included Marcus, and the Apple and GM credit cards. He built a cross-functional product management community and established numerous documented product management best practices, processes, and anti-patterns.

Dustin lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Kim and their wonderful two daughters.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Austin's Lucid Release Party

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