I'm proud to have helped start the OpenStack open source project. I'm now VP of Marketing & Biz Dev for OpenStack at Rackspace. I love Austin, BBQ, wakeboarding on Lake Austin, basketball (Rockets & Longhorns), and my little music start up Venue.FM . I occasionally make angel investments (everybody's doing it) but I mostly juggle working on OpenStack and spending time with my family. I usually go by "sparkycollier" on the interwebs, which is my way of honoring my late, great, Great Dane Sparky