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[edit] Debconf11 Banja Luka Local Team
Our Local Team for the Debconf11 Bid in Banja Luka is as follows (in no particular order):
Adnan Hodzic aka AbsintheSyringe
- DC11 Team/bid Leader
- DC10 organizer, DC9 volunteer, video team, DC7 local team member Sarajevo bid (dc7 participant);
- Debian Java team, eclipse-ide, Debian Mozilla Packages, Debian Start!, package maintainer
- Student of IT on AUBIH/SUNY (http://www.aubih.edu.ba/en/spotlight/index.php?id=006)
- Participated/devel in many open source project from Wormux to Wordpress, Joomla etc ...
- Linux users since ~1999, had my own free (community based) web hosting "business", core team BHLD2 ...
- Slackware devel, in process of becoming official Debian devel ... seriously STFW :)
Emir Mahmutbegovic
- Student of Information Technology at Technical University Vienna , Austria
- System/Network Administrator - Iphos IT Solutions GmbH
- GNU/Linux user/enthusiast from 1998 (Slackware, Debian, Red Hat)
- Cisco Network Engineer
- Security Consultant / Penetration Testing
- C/C++/Java Programming
- One of founders of Linux user group of Bosnia and Herzegovina (linux.org.ba)
- Inet ISP , Tuzla
- DeepSec conference participant , Vienna
- Focus on with experience: Linux clustering (HA clusters), Firewall clusters (cisco , check point), Distributed and redudant networks, VoIP/Asterisk impelentations and consulting, Storage
Adnan Sadzak
- Senior system/network administrator @ Microcredit Foundation MI-BOSPO, Tuzla
- H&H Inc system administrator
- Certified Ethical Hacker
- Penetration tester
- Cisco CCNA
- Allied Telesyn CASE
- Python/Django
- One of founders and former security coordinator of Linux user group of Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://linux.org.ba)
- IFC, "Introduction to ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management Systems"
- Inet Tuzla, ISP From the Ground Up
- US Army, Eagle Base - Wireless network implementation
- US Army, Coyote Base - Wireless/LAN network implementation
- US Army, Fiala Base - Wireless/LAN network implementation
Jasmin Klipic aka die7
- Service Director ECT Telecoms München
- 13 years of working experience as a System DB Network Admin, programming and Telecommunications
- CCC Congresses from 2004 until 2009
- HP UserGroup Congresses from 2006 until 2009
- Worked on translating the Debian and Ubuntu User Interface and other documentation from 2005 until 2008
- Made his own GNU/Linux distribution (based on Debian) for Thin Clients (IBM NetVista 2200), coordinated a few team members on the project for more than 7 months
Enis Sahinovic
- Chief Editor of leading hardware e-zine, HardwareBase.net
- PR & Marketing Manager
- Event organizer
- Leader of local Folding@home community
- Game, Ladder & Cup Supervisor at ClanBase
Srecko Toroman
- member of local team for DebConf7 Sarajevo bid
- initial creator and maintainer of LUG Banja Luka
- free software enthusiast, Debian user for 5+ years
- International informatics competitions participant
- former Serbian translation leader for Wesnoth
- team leader at www.wowd.com
Safir Secerovic aka Sapphire
- dc5 volunteer, dc6 organizer, dc7 organizer, dc9 video team, volunteer
- former vice president of Bosnian LUG
- Debian Installer Team Member, Debian Science Contributor, Debian Bug Tracking System Participant
- IT Journalist
Velimir Iveljic
- Studying at Vienna University of Technology (Computer Engineering)
- DC7 local team member Sarajevo bid
- GNU/Linux (Debian) user and supporter
Mirza Nakicevic
- Studying at University of Tuzla, Bosnia (Computer Engineering)
- DC7 local team member Sarajevo bid
- GNU/Linux user and supporter since 2000
- Embedded Linux enthusiast
- Member of Linux user group of Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://linux.org.ba)
Amar Cosic
- Distro: Debian (since Sarge )
- Using Linux for 7 years and working as Linux sys admin for 3 years in one financial institution (LRC Credit bureau http://lrcbh.com)
- mainly using Debian as distro of choice ( at work and on private servers ) [ http://url.ba ]
- Participant of couple OSS projects ( EyeOS, LXDE, Sabayon Linux.. etc)
- Organization of Zenica Linux conference for 3 years - one of biggest Linux and IT conferences in BIH (http://lugzdk.org)
- Member of Linux user group of Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://linux.org.ba)
Ivan Jelic
- founder and chairman of the board of the Free Software Network Serbia
- creator of the Serbian Debian GNU/Linux community forum
- founder and former coordinator of the Serbian Ubuntu LoCo team
- Free Software Foundation Europe Team member
- founder and coordinator of Document Freedom Day, global initiative for Open Stadards (http://www.documentfreedom.org/)
- Debian and Ubuntu GNU/Linux system administrator
- Technical director of the Web at B92 (http://www.b92.net/about_us/index.html)
- IT journalist
Avdija Ahmedhodzic
- Linux system administrator - BH Telecom
- created and maintains Bosnian Debian, Ubuntu, Centos, Gentoo mirrors on bhtelecom servers
- maintains over 200 linux servers at bhtelecom (web, mail, spam assasin, etc)
- member of Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group (maawg.org)
Ivan Rajkovic
- Student of Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Banjaluka (Computer Science and Informational Technology department)
- Working as programmer at OGO Sense (developing Joomla! extensions)
- Using Linux for 4 years, both at home and at work.
- Participant of "5th International Contest H&S 2009"
- Looking to create web oriented suite of Linux programs for home automation system
Kemal Sanjta
- Operations engineer at Acision (world leading messaging company)
- Senior Technology Analyst at DevLogic
- Board member of LUGBiH
- Initial creator and maintainer of Zenica Linux Conference
- Member of local team for DebConf7 Sarajevo bid (dc7 participant)
- Former translation leader for GNOME in Bosnian language
- Linux Professional Institute Certified system administrator
- Cisco CCNA, CCNA Voice, CVOICE, CIPT, CCAI
- Free software enthusiast, experienced GNU/Linux/UNIX user with strong passion towards voice and networking
Bojana Borkovic
- Student of Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Banjaluka (Computer Science and Informational Technology department)
- Using GNU/Linux for 3 years
- One of the initiator of Linux community group in Banja Luka /RS
Dušan Stranatić
- founder of the Linux user group Republic of Srpska
- founder of the Ubuntu Banja Luka LoCo team
- Graphic designer
- free software enthusiast, Ubuntu user for 5 years
- Journalist
Vedran Novakovic
- Student of Faculty of Information Technology in Banjaluka
- founder of the Linux user gruop Republic of Srpska
- founder of the Ubuntu Banja Luka Forum (http://ubuntu.rs.ba/)
- Ubuntu user for 4 years
Vladimir Atanackovic
- Postgraduate student, researching communication theory, BSc in Communications, MA residence in Cultural Studies;
- IT Manager - creator of digital communications infrastructure, code and content for International Medical Centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009-2010;
- Systems Administrator at IBM GSDC CZ, UNIX Division FSSO Team, 2008-2009;
- Associate in outlining and implementation of “Komunikacija/Communication” ( http://www.komunikacija.org.rs ) regional database of electronic publications;
- Associate in technology and education at Banjaluka College of Communications, 2003-2005;
- Administrator, translator for BSDSerbia team since 2005,
- FLOSS enthusiast.
Vedran Ljubović
- Current president and one of founders of Linux Users Group of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BSc in Computer Science, currently employed as TA at Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Sarajevo
- Member of local team for DebConf7 Sarajevo bid
- Localization lead for Bosnian language for: KDE, Mandriva Linux, former l10n lead for OpenOffice.org
- Developer on several opensource projects (EDE, BHLD, Zamger), contributor to many projects
Omeragic Vedran
- Student of Informatics and Software Engineering at Technical University Vienna
- Linux user (Debian & Ubuntu) and Open Source supporter
Goran Rakic
- Serbian OpenOffice.org Native-Lang team lead since December 2007
- Team member of Free Software Network Serbia - a NGO dedicated to the free software issues in Serbia and local partner of FSF Europe
- GNOME Foundation member
- Google Summer of Code 2006 student
- free software activists and developer
- student at the Faculty of Mathematics in Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Kapraljevic
- secretary of Croatian Linux user group
- graduate student Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Debian user
- Ruby on Rails developer
- located in Zagreb/Osijek
Vlatko Kosturjak
- president of Croatian Linux Users Group (CLUG) - Hrvatska udruga Linux Korisnika (HULK)
- Information Security Consultant at IBM ISS
- Author of various security tools
- Contributor to nmap, OpenVAS, nessus, snort, w3af, KDE, ...
- Debian and Ubuntu user
- DORS/CLUC (oldest and biggest traditional linux/open conference in the region)- cochairman, Jednostavno...Linux! cochairman, ...
- Been on LinuxCon, CCC, Defcon, Black Hat, ...
[edit] Faculty of Electrical Engineering Banja Luka
Members of local team for DebConf11 Banja Luka organization are:
Mihajlo Savic
- Dipl. Eng. Computer Engineering and Automation
- Assistant at University of Banja Luka Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- Grid Infrastructure Manager and Project Steering Board memeber for SEE-GRID, SEE-GRID-2, SEE-GRID-SCI projects for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Involved in SEEFIRE and SEEREN2 projects (topology, design, specification of academic and research network in BiH)
Aleksej Avramovic
- Dipl. Eng. Electronics and Communications
- Assistant at University of Banja Luka Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- Involved in projects: Archiving and searching bases of radiology images, Lossless image compression and Lossless data compression.
- In charge for videoconferencing at JU Sarnet, Academic and Research Network of Republic of Srpska
Dijana Vukovic
- BScEE in Information Techology
- Teacher's assistant at University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- Software developer at University of Banja Luka, University Computer Center
- Involved in projects: RFID
- Published several white papers about software security at IT conferences
- Student on master studies at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Banja Luka, department of Computer Science and Information Technology
[edit] The Government of Republic of Srpska
Members of local team for DebConf11 Banja Luka organization are:
Bakir Ajanovic
- Minister of Science and Technology
Dragoljub Davidovic
- Mayor of Banja Luka
Srdjan Rajcevic
- Director of Agency for Information Technology Society in Republika Srpska
Krsto Grujic
- Assistante of general secretary for Information Technology
Gordan Rudez
- General secretary of Goverment of Republika Srpska
[edit] Supporting members
Other people that are eager to help, but are not from Balkan:
Eddy Petrisor aka eddyp
- Romanian localization team coordinator, translator
- part of Debian Games Team
- dc7 participant, dc9 some volunteering
Andreas Schuldei aka stockholm
- Debian Developer, DebConf 3, 4, 5 and 6 Orga Team Leader
