Bio:
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International (www.li.org),
a non-profit association of computer vendors who wish to support and promote
the Linux Operating System.  During his career which spans over thirty years,
Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator,
product manager, technical marketing manager and educator.  He has
worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and
Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation, VA Linux Systems,
and is currently funded by SGI.  He has taught at Hartford State Technical
College, Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College.

maddog is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many
presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies".

When not either speaking worldwide or writing articles, he serves on the boards
of several companies, and several non-profit organizations, including the
Linux Professional Institute and the USENIX Association.

maddog received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel
University, and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York.