Mr. Alan Boda

Alan BodaLinuxWorld - Speaker Bios
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Alan BodaSoftware Consultant, Hewlett-Packard Company.

Alan Boda is a Software Consultant with HP Services.He has been supporting enterprise solution products for mission critical customers for over 21 years and has been supporting LINUX for the past 7 years.Prior to HP, Mr. Boda worked for Compaq Computer Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation supporting real-time operating system solutions.

Mr. Boda holds a BS degree in Computer Science/Math from Furman University and a MS degree in Biostatistics from Emory University.

Alan BodaSoftware ConsultantHewlett-Packard Company

Alan Boda Hewlett-Packard CompanySoftware Consultant

Alan Boda is a Software Consultant with HP Services.He has been supporting enterprise solution products for mission critical customers for over 21 years and has been supporting LINUX for the past 7 years.Prior to HP, Mr. Boda worked for Compaq Computer Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation supporting real-time operating system solutions.Mr. Boda holds a BS degree in Computer Science/Math from Furman University and a MS degree in Biostatistics from Emory University.

I happened to talk to Alan Boda from HP, who had given a presentation on how administrators can gather crash data.His presentation was a part of the Kernel and Driver Development track.Boda told me that his standard-issue corporate laptop is an HP Evo running Windows, and so had to run the presentation on PowerPoint.He offered some real gems for would-be tech showmen, stressing the importance of rehearsal before a performance.His technique is to rehearse the entire talk three times in front of a group of his peers.He said that the practice helps him fine tune his timing.

Boda also recommends speaking to people in one's target audience while researching a presentation, which is something he himself does.