Selena Deckelmann

Location: Portland
Speaking Topics: automation | Databases | drupal | monitoring | Open Source Community | postgresql | sysadmin | system administration

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Tending The Garden
PostgreSQL Users Groups

Selena Deckelmann is a software engineer at End Point Corporation. She currently leads PDXPUG, a PostgreSQL Users Group, and helps organize Code n Splode, a programming group whose goal is to get more women involved in open source. She is on the board of Legion of Tech. In her spare time, she collects eggs from her chickens, gardens and occasionally mixes drinks for Portland Perl Mongers.

Previous Presentations: 
ptop - PostgreSQL performance monitoring, PostgreSQL Conference East 2008
Wordpress vs Drupal, LUG Radio Live 2008
IM IN UR DATABASE, PerlMongers 2008
Leading Without Being In Charge, OSCON 2008
Running Successful User Groups, OSCON 2008
Tools for Local Communities, OSCON 2008

Magni Onsoien

Location: Trondheim | Norway
Speaking Topics: DNS | domain | domain policy | linux | linuxchix | system administration | Unix | women in open source | Women in IT

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I work as a system administrator for Norid, the .no domain registry. I have previously worked as a system administrator for a university and a consulting company for 8 year, before that I worked part-time while studying.
I have a MS degree in Informatics, my thesis was about Women in Open Source.

My professional interests include DNS and name server infrastructure, Linux, Unix and system administration. I also have an interest in women in open source and in IT in general, and has worked to increase the number for female applicants and students while I was at university.

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I have spoken at FOSDEM, Debconf and several local events both at work and at university.