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~ Candidates for OpenMPE Board of Directors ~All candidates were invited to submit a picture and short biography or statement by the closing date. The candidates for the six (6) OpenMPE Board of Directors seats that are up for election are listed below in alphabetical order. In order to vote, you will need your member number. Email dgarverick@longs.com to get your member number. John Wolff is Vice President/CIO of LAACO, Ltd., which owns and operates Self Storage properties and private clubs in the south-western US. He has directed development of LAACO's custom software on various HP3000's since 1982 for its private club business. LAACO continues to enhance its software and will homestead on the HP3000 for many years to come. John is a dedicated supporter of the HP3000/MPE/IMAGE and believes this remarkable platform still has a future to be fulfilled. He previously worked for HP in the software development lab of the Data Systems Division (pre-CSY) in Cupertino from 1968 thru 1974, when the HP3000 was being conceived. developed and introduced. My initial experience with the HP3000 was in 1981 in college. Since then I have been an operator, programmer and system manager on many, many different system for multiple companies. I was elected to chair SIG SysMan in 1998 and became co-chair of SIG MPE in 2002.
I have been an active but at most times quiet member of the HP3000 community since 1975 and have a solid belief in the reliability the HP3000/MPE platform for the future. My first exposure to the 3000 was at an HP regional office, 2 Choke Cherry Rd, Rockville Md. in 1975. I have worked almost my entire working life on the 3000 (other platforms too) and am completely committed to the continuation of MPE after HP leaves the marketplace. I believe my best contribution to MPE will be as an advocate traveling to various customers helping them to see the solid business case for their continued use and support of MPE and for OpenMPE to become the support organization for MPE post-HP. Since I telecommute 100% I will commit myself with the assistance of OpenMPE to making the business case for the continued support of MPE and OpenMPE into the future. HP needs to see this year that OpenMPE can operate as a viable business with the support of the community. With that support we can show HP that MPE will be in good hands when HP leaves the market and for many years ahead.
Jennifer Fisher has been a member of the MPE community in one form or another for
the past 17 years. She is currently employed at Speedware as the Director
of Sales, a position she has held since 2001. Speedware has deep roots
within the HP e3000 community for over 25 years and is a recently acquired
division of Activant Solutions Inc., a $380M company with 2,100 employees.
Among her numerous accomplishments, Jennifer has presented many times at
various conferences and has great contacts and relationships throughout
the HP e3000 community, including vendors, customers and HP itself. She
also possesses a solid knowledge about what it takes to run a business
profitably. Over the last five years she has been instrumental in helping
HP e3000 customers work through their HP e3000 transition and homesteading
strategies. Her experience in these endeavors means that she is in tune
with the issues facing the HP e3000 community today. Jennifer believes she
would be an excellent candidate for the board of OpenMPE primarily because
of her strong knowledge of the HP e3000 community and of their current and
future needs. In addition she knows that her strong business skills will
be of practical use to the OpenMPE board and organization.
Tracy's first encounter with a computer was while serving in the U.S. Navy as a Cryptologic Technician in 1970's, learning how to code lighted octal displays so the system could boot and access the "drum" drive. His first encounter with the HP3000 was in 1984 at Hughes Aircraft Company as an Operator and it has been a love-affair ever since. He earned a Bachelors in Geography (of all things) in 1985 and moved on to application programming in Powerhouse. He also stayed in the U.S. Naval Reserve and retired after thirty years (and one month) in 2006. But his true calling is still System Operations and Management. Tracy has managed several HP3000 sites over the years, primarily in a manufacturing environment using MANMAN. As a result, he has learned the fine art of orchestrating varying 3rd party applications to work together on the HP. He can often be found on the HP3000-L list server offering advice on just about any topic. He is quite enthusiastic about the prospects for OpenMPE and foresees a viable future for the MPE operating system past 2008 ... and beyond!
My first experience with Hewlett-Packard computers
was in 1974 on RTE-II and RTE-III systems used in an aerospace company,
designing hardware and software for various products. Over the years I
went on to use all the RTE systems, participating as an HP employee and
consultant in the design of the most modern members of the product line.
During my time at HP, I was a user of various MPE systems and worked
closely with my peers to create factory control systems with networks of
MPE and RTE machines. I became involved in Interex in 1988, eventually
serving on the board of directors of that organization.
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Alan
Tibbetts