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New Manageability Community Manager's First Blog

By Kathy Farrel (Intel) (63 posts) on September 14, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Greetings,

This is my first blog as Manageability Developer Community Manager for the Intel® Software Network. My team has been most welcoming and I am learning a lot. Many thanks to our previous community manager Ajay Mungara for the valuable information he has given me on Intel® Active Management Technology. The more I learn about this the more impressed I am – so many possibilities for the IT professional!

While working for Intel the past 16 years I have been repeatedly amazed with its advances. I have had the good fortune to work with many software engineers on latest and greatest technology such as .Net, Multi Core, innovations within Intel’s factory automation environment and now Intel® Active Management Technology. During my tenure I have worked as a technical writer/communicator for Intel’s Fab 11 Automation and IT Flex Services groups and as a communications manager for Flex and Intel’s Numonyx company startup. While working for Flex I assisted many with the startup and management of their online communities of practice after successfully creating and managing the Intel Writer's Guild COP. I also like inventing things and one of the many ideas I have developed with two Intel colleagues was submitted by Intel for a U.S. patent. Two new ideas are currently in the works.

My passions are people, networking and innovation. This job combines all three – how cool is that? To be able to share Intel’s great products with actual users and then to watch and listen as they get their hands on them is pretty exciting. I believe that my job is to learn what the community needs and wants, present the most up-to-date information that I can find and help join together the folks who create and use it. To do this I will be learning as much as I can, gathering as much data as seems logical, absorbing the ideas and opinions of our members and presenting what is most helpful for you.

I believe that the best way to manage (and I use that word loosely) a community is to foster a continual dialogue among its members. In other words, I want not just feedback but active participation – as much or as little as you want. I’m always open to new ideas (I thrive on them) – so if there is something you’d like to add or to change please let me know. I am relying on you and my virtual door is always open so feel free to drop in…

Kathy

Categories: Manageability & Security, Site News & Announcements, Uncategorized
Tags: innovation, Intel Active Management Technology, Kathy Farrel, Manageability, Managing Computer Networks

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Comments (9)

September 15, 2009 6:38 AM PDT javierandrescaceres Total Points: 6,735 Black Belt

Welcome Kathy!

September 15, 2009 10:34 AM PDT Gael Holmes Hofemeier (Intel) Total Points: 20,926 Black Belt

Welcome to our team, Kathy!

September 15, 2009 11:48 AM PDT Lance Atencio (Intel) Total Points: 9,197 Brown Belt

Having worked with Kathy on innovation and community building in the past I'm happy to say that it is a real treat to have her join our community. Thanks Kathy!

September 16, 2009 11:23 AM PDT Kathy Farrel (Intel) Total Points: 9,186 Community Manager

Javier, Gael and Lance - thank you - I'm really happy to be in the Community and excited that I am now working with you!

September 17, 2009 10:00 AM PDT Ajay Mungara (Intel) Total Points: 7,924 Community Manager

I am really going to miss the manageability community. :-( Over the years managing the community I have had a great opportunity to work with some really amazing people. As they say some relationships last for ever and I hope to be touch with many of you. And what am I going to do? I am taking on the responsibility of managing a new community (to be annouced at IDF next week). Kathy Welcome to the ISN team and the manageability developer community. It is my pleasure to see that the community is going to be managed by a very talented and able community manager. Thank you for jumping in and taking on this responsibility.

September 17, 2009 10:20 AM PDT Kathy Farrel (Intel) Total Points: 9,186 Community Manager

Ajay - I really appreciate your support. And even though you are "leaving" the Manageability Community you will still be part of the ISN Community (and available for consultation I hope!). Can't wait to see what your new Community is all about. You are truly a pioneer.

September 18, 2009 2:08 PM PDT javierandrescaceres Total Points: 6,735 Black Belt

Thanks Ajay! I'll be waiting for the IDF's announcements.

September 25, 2009 7:06 AM PDT Shmuel Gershon (Intel) Total Points: 2,750 Green Belt

Oh, that's interesting news! Ajay, I didn't know you were leaving the community. It was real fun to work with you. Kathy, welcome to the community. I'm sure it will be real fun to work with you too. :)

September 25, 2009 5:43 PM PDT Kathy Farrel (Intel) Total Points: 9,186 Community Manager

Thanks for the welcome Shmuel. I've been hearing great things about you and look forward to meeting with you soon. Kathy

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