# Don Marti (@dmarti.eurosky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/dmarti.eurosky.social
Headline: Immanentizing the post-surveillance economy
Location: Alameda, California, United States

## About

Working within the web technology and standards community to advance a publisher-centric, user-respecting future of digital advertising. Experienced problem-solver in complex product and community environments, with deep knowledge of product strategy, marketing, community and market design, and software development. Skilled in web-scale technologies including containers, databases, Software as a Service (SaaS), and the web platform including PWAs, advanced privacy tooling, and WebExtensions.

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## Experience

- **Technical Editor at Linux Journal** (2000 – 2002)
  Wrote, solicited, and edited articles on Linux and related technologies.
- **Technical Marketing Manager at Perforce** (2011 – 2014)
  Developed demo content and marketing materials including presentations and articles. Managed beta programs. Developed native Linux packages for Enterprise Version Management products.
- **Strategic Advisor at Mozilla** (2015 – 2016)
  Advise the Content Services group on next-generation web advertising and marketing data technologies and policy.
- **Principal at Aloodo LLC** (2025 – present)
- **Strategic Advisor at Consumer Reports** (2020 – present)
  The California Consumer Privacy Act is shifting the balance of power on the web away from the "data brokers" that share people's sensitive health and finance information on the Internet, and toward sites that people trust. I am leading a research project to identify and grow new opportunities enabled by CCPA in the user data ecosystem.
- **Technical Marketing Manager at ScyllaDB** (2014 – 2016)
  ScyllaDB is a new approach to NoSQL data store design, compatible with Apache Cassandra, optimized for modern hardware, and capable of more than one million operations per second per server. I handled the product marketing for the introduction and early adoption of ScyllaDB, including everything from web content and administration to event management and media briefings.
- **Freelance contributor at LWN** (2008 – 2011)
  I contributed technology and news pieces, including technology overviews and event coverage from the Linux Plumbers' Conference, Southern California Linux Expo, and the Open Source Business Conference.
- **Director, Technical Marketing at SpikeSource** (2005 – 2006)
- **VP of Ecosystem Innovation at Raptive** (2020 – 2025)
  Working within the web technology and standards community to advance a publisher-centric, user-respecting future of digital advertising.
- **Strategist at Mozilla** (2016 – 2020)
  Collaborated with open source and other communities of practice in building tools and processes to sustain community participation at scale.
- **Member, Technical Staff at (Bay Area Startup)** (2010 – 2011)
  Employed at a Bay Area startup, designing and implementing a new from-scratch rewrite of a high-performance Python web application, running on Amazon Web Services. Optimize for HTTP transaction times, database performance, and rapid deployment.
  
  Integrate with Web APIs of enterprise applications, including CMS and single sign-on.
- **Conference Chair at Open Source World** (2005 – 2009)
  Planning tracks and special events, and finding speakers for the largest Linux conference and trade show, held in San Francisco each fall.
- **Site Editor at LinuxWorld.com** (2006 – 2008)
  Responsible for site content on LinuxWorld.com, including editing, writing, and soliciting articles.
- **Conference Organizer at FreedomHEC** (2006 – 2007)
  FreedomHEC is the Linux device driver "unconference", collaboratively scheduled by attendees and speakers.
  
  Attendees learn to open up new and creative uses for hardware products in networking and media devices, servers, and other markets that depend on the fast-growing Linux operating system.
- **Principal at Electric Lichen** (1998 – 1999)
  Co-founded a Linux International member company, Electric Lichen L.L.C., an Internet development, marketing and consulting firm. Sold firm to VA Linux Systems in 1999. Client projects included the successful release of Informix for Linux and early Linux market research for IBM.
- **Editor in Chief at Linux Journal** (2002 – 2005)
  Responsible for the editorial content of the leading Linux publication. My team delivered a complete, edited, debugged magazine on time each month. Developed relationships with extensive network of developers for Linux and related technologies. Edited, wrote and solicited articles on security, development tools, hardware, and programming techniques.
- **Vice-President and President at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group** (2000 – 2004)
- **Professional Services at VA Research/VA Linux Systems/VA Software** (1999 – 2000)
  As one of the founding Linux consultants in the Professional Services group, worked with customers to deploy and troubleshoot Linux systems.
- **Webmaster at Agdia** (1994 – 1997)
  Early adopter of production Linux systems for company-wide mail and web presence. Developed all marketing materials and product documentation for an agricultural biotechnology company

## Skills

- Security
- Open Source
- HTML
- Start-ups
- Perl
- REST
- XML
- JavaScript
- Git
- Saving the third-party cookie
- Cloud Computing
- MySQL
- Apache
- Software Development
- Web Applications
- Programming
- Linux
- Editing
- Python
- Web Development
- SaaS
- Troubleshooting
- Bash
- Integration
- Networking
- Databases
- Software Engineering
- Enterprise Software
- Mobile Devices
- Agile Methodologies
- Unix
- Distributed Systems
- Mobile Applications
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Software Design
- Shell Scripting
- Agile Project Management
- PHP
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Open Source Software

## Certifications

- Triplebyte certified Generalist Software Engineer — Triplebyte (https://triplebyte.com/certificate/aepoWb0)

## Other profiles

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmarti
- github: https://github.com/dmarti
- hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dmarti