- Name: Oliver Falk
- Residence: Vienna, Austria
- e-Mail: oliver@linux-kernel.at
- Date of birth: 17th November 1980
- Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
- Nationality: Austria
- Family status: Married
- Surname before marriage: Pitzeier
- Children: Son and daughter (both aged 12)
- Active service duty: Released
- Driving license: Class B
- Mobile phone: +43(664)166 56 45
Jobs
Current
since 2023 – Manager, Customer Success Engineers – EMEA + APAC – GitLab
Previous
2021 – 2023 – Manager Technical Account Management – Germany – Red Hat GmbH (Germany)
2018 – 2021 – Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM) – Red Hat Austria GmbH
2015 – 2019 – CTO at EOF Media Consult
2011 – 2018 – Senior Linux Systems Engineer OMV AG
2011 – 2011 – Chief Systems Engineer Pool4Tool AG / Selected Services GmbH
2010 – 2011 – CTO – Semantic Supercomputing Betriebs- und Projekt GmbH
2008 – 2010 – Head of systems engineering / Chief systems engineer – Information Retrieval Facility / Matrixware
2007 – 2008 – CEO at FalkMedia
2005 – 2007 – UNIX/Linux systems administrator ecetra Internet Services AG
2000 – 2005 – UNIX/Linux systems administrator & Autonomy – Information Engineer uptime Systemlösungen
Network administrator
1994 – 1998 – Linux system adminstrator / Macromedia Director / HTML developer TwizzarT
Other interessts/activities
Current/ongoing projects
since 2018 – libravatar.org – free and libre avatar service
since 2002 – Administration of my own system for development: linux-kernel.at
since 2005 – T0 – Public Netbase t0.or.at / wahlkabine.at / world-information.org
Previous projects
2002 – 2006 – Technical assistance, service and support for EM-MED emmed.at
Other
Long time, nowadays a bit silent: kernel.org
Website development (private use)
Certifications / Trainings
Some of my certificates, my indenture and the written character:
(Most descriptions are in German.)
1998 – Gesprächsgestaltung Modul I
1999 – Lehrlingsseminar Modul II
2000 – Gesprächsgestaltung Modul II
2000 – Dienstzeugnis ÖAG
2001 – Lehrbrief Großhandelskaufmann
2001 – Prüfungszeugnis – Lehrabschluß – Großhandelskaufmann
2002 – Urkunde Lehrabschluß mit Auszeichnung
2008 – Coaching Einzelseminar 2
2008 – ITIL Foundation Certificate
2008 – ScrumMaster Certificate
2013 – Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) – Verify certification status online
2013 – Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) – Verify certification status online
2019 – Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation – Verify certification status online
2021 – Certified Customer Success Manager (CCSM) Level 1
2023 – Certified Customer Success Manager (CCSM) Level 2
Scouts
2010 – Pfadfinder Einstiegsseminar
2011 – Pfadfinder Grundlagenseminar – GuSp
School
1987 – 1989 Elementary school, Große Sperlgasse, 1020 Vienna, Austria
1989 – 1991 Elementary school, Leopoldsgasse, 1020 Vienna, Austria
1991 – 1995 Grammar school “Bundesrealgymnasium”, Vereinsgasse, 1020 Vienna, Austria
1995 – 1998 High School (“Höhere Technische Lehranstalt”), Donaustadtstraße 45, 1220 Vienna, Austria
1998 – 2000 Whole sale trader – apprentice, ÖAG Aktienbeteiligungs GesmbH, Schemmerlstraße, 1110 Vienna, Austria
2000 – 2001 Whole sale trader – apprentice, uptime Systemlösungen, Khleslplatz 11, 1120 Vienna, Austria