A connoisseur of programming languages, Levi is perpetually programming for work, school, and fun. He has been using Linux since the days of kernel version .99 and Debian for almost as long. Currently employed with Harman Pro Group developing software for audio/video networking and taking evening classes in Computer Science at UVSC.

I have been using linux on and off for about 12 years starting with the old redhat distro. I have been using Ubuntu for all my personal computing for about 2 years now and I have setup an Ubuntu file server that uses mdadm raid 5 at home for all of my media. The server also functions as a print server. I have learned how to network the windows machines I have at home with the Ubuntu machines. I am a web developer working for Xactware and I also do some freelance web development under the name Netlobo. I am an expert with PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Smarty, Java, and Apache. I use mostly open source software to do my development.

I've long been a programmer, but after getting an AS degree from SLCC in CIS I decided to go to film school at the U of U. I have been a perl programmer/web developer since 1997.

I am new to Linux. I worked for 40 years in engineering in many capacities, with many companies. I then worked as a contractor for another 20 years. I retired three times and think I have finally made it.

I have been using F/OSS since 2000, when I returned from an LDS mission. My brother, Hans, introduced me to Linux at that time. I'm a pragmatist -- I use Windows and other commercial software when necessary -- but I do prefer F/OSS when available and appropriate.

I've worked professionally as a computer programmer for eight years, with a two year haitus from 1998-2000. I currently do internal systems development at Prosper, Inc. in Provo. I am most familiar with web applications programming. I have extensive experience with web services technology.