Max Kanat-Alexander, Chief Engineer

31 Adrian Terrace San Rafael, CA 94903 Email: info@everythingsolved.com
Web: http://www.everythingsolved.com/

 

Recent Experience

Release Manager & Assistant Project Lead

Bugzilla Project

2004-Now

Primary developer of the well-known Bugzilla Bug Tracking System, used by thousands of organizations worldwide. Contribute or review a significant portion of all the code in the project. Release Manager in charge of coordinating all the administrative details of each version release. Make the majority of technical decisions and design most new features as Assistant Project Lead.

Major accomplishments:

  • Led major, long-term re-architecture work on Bugzilla while still releasing stable new versions regularly.
  • Downloads increased 10x over the period in which I worked on Bugzilla.
  • The release of Bugzilla 2.18 in three months, after it had been delayed a year.
  • The release of Bugzilla 2.20, Bugzilla 2.22, the monumental Bugzilla 3.0, Bugzilla 3.2, Bugzilla 3.4, Bugzilla 3.6, and over a dozen other smaller releases, including nearly all bugzilla.org web site updates, and writing the release notes.
  • The cross-database support of Bugzilla, consisting of thousands of lines of written and reviewed code.
  • Maintaining/reviewing MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MS-SQL support for Bugzilla.
  • Leading development of mod_perl support for Bugzilla.
  • Leading development of Bugzilla's XML-RPC and JSON-RPC interfaces.
  • Leading development of Bugzilla's custom fields architecture.
  • Leading development of Bugzilla's new email interface.
  • Leading development of Unicode support in Bugzilla.
  • Developing the Bugzilla migration system for migrating from other bug-tracking systems to Bugzilla.
  • Developing the jobqueue.pl daemon for asynchronous email sending.
  • Reviewing Bugzilla's major new UI changes.
  • Maintaining checksetup.pl, the installation and upgrade script for Bugzilla.
  • Reforming code standards and developer documentation to make it easier to contribute to Bugzilla.
  • Personally fixing over 1000 bugs, and doing thousands of code reviews.
  • Wrote and maintained the Bugzilla Project's continuous integration and test systems.

Author & Maintainer

fedorafaq.org

2003-Now

Author of www.fedorafaq.org, the oldest support resource on the Internet for Fedora Linux, receiving up to 120,000 unique visitors a month to the site.

2nd Level Tech Support Engineer

Kerio Technologies, Inc.

2003-2005

Managed Technical Support for the Western Hempisphere as the senior Technical Support engineer. Ultimately responsible for the resolution of all customer problems and bugs. Major accomplishments at Kerio were:
  • Installed and managed a successful Ticket Tracking System internationally, along with policies for its use.
  • Implemented, wrote for, and reviewed every article for the Knowledge Base.
  • Installed, administered, and managed Bugzilla, the QA and Bug-Tracking System.
  • Authored the development process that went with Bugzilla.
  • Filed over 400 bugs.
  • Handled all technical communication between the US and European offices.
  • Set the record with 48 support tickets handled in one hour.
  • Installed, administered, and mangaged the Windows 2003 Active Directory domain.
  • Managed IT for Kerio's cross-platform Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux office.
  • Managed Kerio's high-level technical contacts, including a close relationship with Apple Computer.
  • Authored a 50-page Technical Support Training Manual that described policies and procedures for new technicians.
  • Wrote the Kerio Certified System Administrator Exam, described alternately either as the "best" or "hardest" test resellers had ever taken.
  • Wrote scripts in python or perl for any customer or internal need.
  • Interviewed and Hired all technicians.

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