Introduction: Shane Martin Coughlan

[Shane Martin Coughlan <shane opendawn com>]

Dear all

My name is Shane Coughlan.  Emily Chen has kindly introduced me to this list 
and I hope to contribute to GNOME.Asia activities over the coming months and 
years.

My background is in political science.  I'm a specialist in security policy 
with a particular focus on cybernetic warfare.  In Free Software I have been 
involved with various European community and business activities.  In 2006 I 
founded Free Software Foundation Europe's legal department and built the 
European Legal Network, a private network of professionals that works on 
solving real-life problems for the growth of the eco-system.  This network has 
grown to 205 members across 27 countries and 4 continents.

In May 2009 I moved to Japan to get married.  I am now based in Takamatsu city 
on the island of Shikoku and I run my own consultancy company from there.  I 
remain a general assembly member of Free Software Foundation Europe and I act 
as the Asia Representative for OpenForum Europe, an NGO explaining the 
importance of fair market access, open standards and FOSS to European policy-
makers.

Over the years I have been involved with various projects including FreeDOS, 
Enigmail and SELinux Policy Editor.  I'm a GNOME desktop user (I use KDE 4 as 
well), and I'm a big fan of sensible usability.  

My main skills are in dealing with business people and lawyers, doing project 
planning, developing documents related to business processes (business plans, 
process outlines etc), handling all types of negotiation, and taking care of 
people management.

Regards

Shane

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Shane Coughlan
Business and Technology Consultant
Opendawn
Phone: +81 (0) 909 7742404 / Fax: +81 (0) 878890288
shane opendawn com
www.opendawn.com