Hi Greg.<br><br>You have been an inspiration and a source of strength for all the LA volunteers..without you OLPC-sur would not have been as it is now.<br><br>I also want to thank you for the help you gave me to <br>organize efforts in Colombia<br>
<br>Thank you so much..and good luck in your future endeavors. <br><br><br>P.S if you come to Colombia sometime, i'll be glad to be your host.<br><br clear="all">Rafael Ortiz <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bryan Berry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org">bryan@olenepal.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am really sorry to read this Greg. You have done a fantastic job and<br>
you will be sorely missed. I think you have been a damn good manager and<br>
you have contributed a lot to this project, certainly to Nepal's<br>
deployments and others.<br>
<br>
Your real impact has been in making the XO and Sugar a more sturdy and<br>
predictable product that will work in the field and not just on the<br>
drawing board.<br>
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On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 10:02 -0500, Greg Smith wrote:<br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> My time on this project is over for now! I was laid off yesterday and<br>
> tomorrow is my last day at OLPC.<br>
><br>
> So many things to follow up on, its hard to know where to begin handing<br>
> off. I can say that XO Camp is on for next week as planned. SJ is now<br>
> coordinating it.<br>
><br>
> Aside from that, contact Ed McNierney <ed at laptop dot org> for any<br>
> development questions or anything else on my plate.<br>
><br>
> I'm sorry to drop the ball, but I need to find a new job ASAP. Perhaps I<br>
> can participate again in the future but I'm unsubscribing from all lists<br>
> as of tomorrow.<br>
><br>
> If I can pass along some history or other work, don't hesitate to<br>
> contact me.<br>
><br>
> My new e-mail address: <a href="mailto:gregsmithpm@gmail.com">gregsmithpm@gmail.com</a>.<br>
><br>
> To come to OLPC, I left a safe and lucrative job making some of the most<br>
> advanced computers in the world. I took a big risk to work on what I<br>
> think is important and I gave it everything I could.<br>
><br>
> I have no regrets. I'm proud of what I accomplished and honored to have<br>
> been a member of this great community.<br>
><br>
> Its time to go back and take care of my own family again. Let me know if<br>
> anyone has leads on Product Manager openings in Massachusetts or<br>
> tele-commuting. My technical specialties have been high-end routers and<br>
> networking, distributed server architectures, image and video<br>
> processing, and online marketing including data analysis. Now I'll add<br>
> open source development, social networking/Web 2.0, educational<br>
> software, low cost computing and wireless networking to that list ;-)<br>
><br>
> As a product manager, I write the business case and technical<br>
> requirements and manage all aspects of the project to get a quality<br>
> product built and shipped on time. Give me n engineers to work with and<br>
> I'll give you n Million $s in revenue in the first year and double that<br>
> every 6 months after.<br>
><br>
> That's my new pitch :-) Send me an e-mail with any leads or for a copy<br>
> of my resume.<br>
><br>
> Good luck! Please keep at it if you can. There are hundreds of thousands<br>
> of kids using the XO now. Regardless of organizational priorities, they<br>
> deserve the very best software available.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Greg S<br>
><br>
><br>
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</div></div><font color="#888888">--<br>
Bryan W. Berry<br>
Technology Director<br>
OLE Nepal, <a href="http://www.olenepal.org" target="_blank">http://www.olenepal.org</a><br>
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