Introduce yourselves, Atlassian Answerers!

[Tiago Machado]

Nice to meet you, fellow Atlassian Answerer'es ;)

Thanks a lot for the initiative and the invite, @Bridget 

About my introduction:

Where you're from

I'm from Brazil

What you do with your free time

I have a lot of non work interests. During my free time I enjoy traveling, spend time with family and friends, do some genetic research (I worked with bioinformatics in the past and sometimes I still help my old colleagues), play table top games or just relax with some Netflix or Amazon video series.

What you do with your work time

I work on a Research Institute where we develop some crazy ideas (RFID/Iot, Cloud computing, etc.) but, due some NDA's, I'm not allowed to give you more details.

I am a Software Developer Coordinator, teaching the Agile ways to the company (some project managers are tougher than others to convince). I am responsible for the people development and, because of my technical background, I always find myself doing some project analysis, software architecture or CI/CD integration.

Photos of your pets/favorite vacation/creative creation

Some pics taken from one trip or another:

Fortaleza - Brazil:

Salvador - Brazil:

Sunset in Chicago - US:

Chicago - US:

Me and my wife at a classic car encounter at Amparo - Brazil:

Your favorite quote 

Treat the others how you wanted to be treated

Why you answer Community questions

I always enjoyed to help others.

Link to your proudest Accepted Answer ;)

It's not an accepted answer, but I was very proud to have something done when (at the time) no one could connect PowerBi and JIRA. Even nowadays I still receive some messages about this on my Linkedin:

Atlassian Community 

Power BI Community 

[Henning Tietgens]

Hi,

I'm Henning from Germany. In my free time I'm trying to be with my family and to stay healthy and sometimes answering Atlassian community questions ;-).

At business I take care of our processes and Jira while being responsible for colleagues taking care of other tools.

I was answering a lot of questions because I learned lot about Jira through the community and want to give something back. Nowadays most of the time I'm more answering updates/comments to existing questions because of time constraints.

Henning

[Peter-Dave Sheehan]

Lots of cool answers! 

Nice to meet everyone.

I'm from Montreal, QC originally, but now based near Santa Barbara, CA

In my free time, I'm mostly a couch potato. Too much good tv to catch up on.

At work, I'm a "systems design engineer"... whatever THAT means. But ultimately, I'm admin/develop for many tools we user internally, including all the atlassian suite. I'm most happy when I'm writing groovy scripts for scriptrunner and helping others be more productive.

I used the community so much to learn about groovy scriptunner, that I felt it only natural to give back. I started answering a lot of the scriptrunner/groovy question last year during Summit (got inspired) and haven't stopped since.  

[Thorsten Kamann]

Hello,

my name is Thorsten and I am an Agile Coach from Germany. My main goal is to support my customers in working with the right tools and communication in distributed environments. The last time there are more and more request from departments other than software development working with Atlassian tools.

Why I am here? Because I was invited by email and I am curious what this will be...

Thorsten 

[Rilwan Ahmed]

Hello Everyone,
My name is Rilwan Ahmed. Based out in Bangalore, India
Your favorite quote  -- "I never lose. I either win or I learn"

[Ozan Bayram]

• My Name is Ozan K.
• I'm from Istanbul/Turkiye
• In my spare time I'm creating web applications like cut.lu  and also running a traveling blog with my wife called gezentiyiz.biz (sorry it's only Turkish)
• In my work time I'm working as a Software product/project manager.
• My best photo shots can be seen here Instagram - okutbay 
• I answer to share knowledge
• Currently none of them is the proudest Accepted Answer :)

[Jozsef Lehocz]

Hello,

• I am from Budapest, Hungary
• I play chess and board games
• I work as a systems engineer
• "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." / Albert Einstein / (?)
• You can learn even from your answers

Cheers, Jozsef

[Bert Dombrecht]

Hi everyone! Proud to be an Answerer. Thanks for the invitation, Bridget.
Come to think of it, I might start wearing a T-shirt that says 'Answerer'!
I'd best start by answering the suggested questions:

• I'm from Belgium
• In my free time, I like having fun with my kids and drawing and painting and reading and hiking and rock climbing and being with family and cooking and running and playing music and gardening and learning new things ... or just lie on the couch and do nothing :-)
• Most of my professional time goes to project management in the IT department of an agricultural company as wel as administration of the Atlassian suite there. Part of my time goes to graphic design and illustration.
• You can find some of my creations at http://www.skratch.be/en
• "You don't know what you don't know" (I don't know who to attribute this quote to)
• I like to answer Community questions because I like to help solve problems, AND I also like it if my own problems are solved by a good answer.

[Ozan Bayram]

:D

"I know that I know nothing", Socrates

[Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan]

• I am from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
• I read books in my free time and i am addicted to play clash of kings game in my mobile
• I love to read articles in LinkedIn in my work time 
• Photos of my creation can be found in my facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/ramanathan.theni
• My favorite Quote is "we rule the world by our words"
• I answer community questions to share my knowledge to the community and give back 
• Link to my proudest Accepted Answer ;) https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Portfolio-for-Jira-questions/How-do-I-see-the-Completion-Date-of-a-Task/qaq-p/747783#M1203

[Jack Nolddor _Sweet Bananas_]

Hi all, a new member of this group here :)

• I’m from Cádiz - Spain
• I spend my free time reading comics and developing some Atlassian apps.
• I’m an Atlassian Products Specialist for an IT and Business Consultancy in Madrid, Spain
• My favourite quote is: “Cuando hables, procura que tus palabras sean mejores que el silencio” - Proverbio hindú
• I answer questions because I like helping others and I like learning from others as well.

Regards

[Raoul Kaiser]

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this group. My name is Raoul Kaiser and I am from Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States.

I am currently the Scrum Master for Wheaton Worldwide Moving/Bekins Van Lines/Stevens Worldwide Van Lines. We are a small IT shop so I also do UX designs, Business Analysis, and Project Management.

When I am not working I spend my time with Family, researching genealogy, and collecting Superman memorabilia.

I enjoy answering questions because I am able to see other people's answers as well. That provides me with a deeper understanding of the product I have been managing for the last 8 years.  

[Sharon Helms]

Hello all,   

• I'm from Portland, Oregon.
• My work time is spent as a technical writer for the IT department of a university.
• When I'm not working, I'm spending time outside gardening or exploring. 
• I like answering Community questions because I like helping other people, and it helps me to learn even more about Atlassian products!

[Dirk Ronsmans]

Hi Everyone,

Glad to be in this group and here's a little more info about me!

• Where you're from
  • Born and raised in Belgium
• What you do with your free time
  • I sadly spend more time than I should in front of my TV watching movies and tv-shows, next to that I try to raise my 6 month old boy and try and find the courage to go for a run from time to time :) Oh and I also love spending time in the ktichen!
• What you do with your work time
  • I work as an IT Consultant and my official title is a Product Specialist. I mainly work in the ITSM space and have dabbled in multiple tools of which the Atlassian stack is my latest addition for about 2 years now (main focus on JSD and Confluence). Besides that I do some performance testing and try and learn about Datawarehouses/BI. 
• Your favorite quote 
  • Not my favorite but a really good one I found a few days ago which is how every one of us sometimes feels:                                                                           

    Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege

• Why you answer Community questions
  • Besides trying to help others I think of it as paying forward. I know I've had my own fair share of questions in the past and whenever I found that one obscure post that had an answer that I could use I couldn't be happier. (and it also helps me in keeping my own knowledge up to date)
• Link to your proudest Accepted Answer ;) 
  • Sadly none yet!

[Juan Manuel Ibarra]

Hi, My name is Juan, thank you very much for inviting me to the group

Where you're from
    I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina
What you do with your free time
    Spending time with my family, I play football and play the guitar.
What you do with your work time
    I am in charge of the IT area of Activity S.A.S a company
    specialized in the implementation of the Atlassian suit tools.
Why you answer Community questions
     To help other users as they have helped me when
     I started this trip in the Atlassian world 6 years ago.

Regards! =)

[Juan Manuel Ibarra]

Hi, My name is Juan, thank you very much for inviting me to the group

Where you're from
    I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina
What you do with your free time
    Spending time with my family, I play football and play the guitar.
What you do with your work time
    I am in charge of the IT area of Activity S.A.S a company
    specialized in the implementation of the Atlassian suit tools.
Why you answer Community questions
     To help other users as they have helped me when
     I started this trip in the Atlassian world 6 years ago.

Regards! =)

[Stef]

Hey, everyone! 👋 I'm super late to the party, but I'm glad to finally be here and read all your intros. 🙂

Where you're from?

The Philippines 🇵🇭 Specifically a smaller urban city called Cagayan de Oro.

What you do with your free time?

Read, write, visit the bookstore, play video games, and watch my favorite films either at the cinemas or on Netflix.

What you do with your work time?

I recently transitioned to Documentation from Support. 🎉 I create internal docs for our Customer Support teams.

Photos of your pets/favorite vacation/creative creation

We were at the Bahamas last month! 

Why you answer Community questions

Helping people has always been innate in me—I find joy in knowing someone's able to do something or get back on track with work and life thanks to my tips and suggestions. 

[Martin LALONDE]

Hello everyone, happy to be invited into this group I've been working with Jira server instance for 2 years now at my work place and here a bit more on myself.

• Where you're from
  • Québec, Canada
• What you do with your free time
  • Repair computer, gaming, volunteering work for my community
• What you do with your work time
  • Level 2 support, Jira admin
• Your favorite quote 
  • If it not broken don't try to fix it
• Why you answer Community questions
  • To improve my knowledge within Jira and see other cases I could have within the instance I support.

[Kurt Klinner]

Hi everyone !!!

My name is Kurt and i am excited to be part of that special group. Look forward to collaborate with all of you :-).  In my previous life maintaining the Atlassian tool stack (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo) was part of my daily job, while i am now more into the consulting business.

Some more details about myself

Where you're from 

I live in Nuremberg (in the southern part of Germany). Nuremberg is quite famous for its christmas market (so let me know if you should be around here at christmas time :-)

What you do with your free time

Most of the free time i spend together with my family (having 2 kids, i would say that this consumes most of the time :-)). The rest i ususally  at the soccer field (coaching one of the local youth teams as well as playing from time to time)

What you do with your work time 

I am working as a Technical Account Manager focusing on the Atlassian Tool stack

Photos of your pets/favorite vacation/creative creation

Your favorite quote

I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned (Richard P. Feynman)

Why you answer Community questions 

I like solving problems as well as helping people. But it is not only on answering questions, in fact the Atlassian community is also a great place to learn new things and exchange with a lot of great members

Link to your proudest Accepted Answer 

No proud of a specific one, but happy to see that answers get accepted and in the end help other users

Cheers

Kurt

[Malone Dunlavy]

• Where you're from
  • US, but living in Vietnam for the last 4 years
• What you do with your free time
  • Hang with my 5yo and 3yo kids
• What you do with your work time
  • Work. Walk. Coffee. Repeat.
• Photos of your pets/favorite vacation/creative creation
  • Bamboo rod fishing with my wife and kids in VN last weekend 
  • 
• Your favorite quote 
  
  • tied between two at the moment:
    

    "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." -Soren Kierkegaard

    "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself." -Soren Kierkegaard

• Why you answer Community questions
  • across all communities, I have asked more questions than I could possibly count. And people were gracious to answer.  The least I can do is give back where I can.

[Amir Katz (Outseer)]

Hi everyone,

I am from Israel, with many years in the hi-tech sector.

My hobbies are photography, XC cycling and technology. My favorite music is Greek folk songs.

At work, I am an admin for several Jira projects and I am also leading a cloud billing initiative.

I develop & maintain many Python scripts that automate various Jira actions.

My favorite quote is, "A day in which I didn't learn a new thing is a wasted day".

I like answering question to help other people and also to share my knowledge and experience.

Here is a recent photo taken in the port town of Essaouira, Morocco:

[Ajay _view26_]

Hej  Everyone !  Excited to be a part of this group.  Here is  my answers: 

Where you're from
- I’m from Kochi, India

What you do with your free time
- I spend my free time organizing hiking trips with friends & family.

What you do with your work time
- I help my team create great Atlassian Apps which make it easy for users to gain insights.

Photos of your pets/favorite vacation/creative creation

Chinese fishing net at Fort Kochi 

Trek to Tosh Valley, Himalayas - July 2019 

- My favourite quote is; “In Language Clarity is everything” - Confucius

Why you answer Community questions
- I answer questions because I get to understand  "the Atlassian user" :)

Cheers

Ajay

[Koen Gillard]

Hi every1, allow me introduce myself: Koen Gillard 

• I’m from Belgium, pretty little Belgium ;-)
• My free time is well planned with going to football games of my both sons, running (mainly early bird runs) and riding my bike (both rides to work and pleasure rides).
• I’m an Atlassian Consultant 
• “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
• I like to grow the knowledge of other people by sharing the little I know ;-)

[Domenico Manzo _Actonic_]

Hi All, 

my name is Domenico, I love to be a part of this great community: 

• I´m from Germany, Stuttgart 
• I love Bilking in Sommer and Snowboarding in winter
• I´m the CEO of Actonic, but I love Atlassian that much, that I also working in Atlassian-Consulting projects
• If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together
• I´m answereing Community questions, because I think it´s great to help each other. And because of my quote ;)

[Anton Klein]

Hello Atlassian friends,
I am Anton, I am looking forward to work with and for this great community.

• I'm from Germany Kaiserslautern
• Family time is best time!
• Consulting, Training, Support for Atlassian products
• “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” Maya Angelou
• I'm answering questions to help people and improve myself

Have a wonderful day,

Anton

[Ireen Klein_Actonic]

Hello guys,

My name is Ireen and I'm from Germany. I'm happy to join this group and looking forward to provide help for Atlassian tools users like I got it in the past.

• I love spending time with my Family and I'm interested in photography, architecture, forensics, amigurimi and learning languages.
• During my work time, I am an Atlassian Consultant and I'm system admin vor Jira for many instances in a big company, where I have the opportunity to support customers and answer their questions
• What does the fox say? This is one of my handmade amigurimi animals.
• "I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university." - Albert Einstein
• Share Atlassian knowledge all over the world and support the customers

Enjoy life, cheers,

Ireen