About Me
Aaron Thul is a Technical Operations & Delivery Manager at Autoweb, Inc. with responsibilities that include: traveling domestically and internationally as a team to deliver software solutions and training; manage product delivery timelines from development through to customer signoff; works with customer post sales to produce detailed technical requirements documents; presents the work and results to employer and the information technology community; review and sign off on Change Control documents for all production systems; nurture relationships with key project members of the software tools used and deployed.
Aaron received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Michigan Technological University. At Michigan Tech, Aaron work on advanced vehicle research leading him to present at multiple SAE World Congress and co-author technical papers on hybrid vehicle technology.Aaron Thul has presented at technology events from Portland to Detroit. Thul enjoys the challenges of bringing open source tools to bear on problems in industry. Apache, Perl, PostgreSQL and Linux are among his favorite problem-solving implements. Thul’s passion for promoting open source technology led him in 2006 to become Con Chair of PenguiCon 4.0, which is the first convention ever to bring together two disparate communities that share a love of innovative thought: the open source community and science fiction fans. PenguiCon is currently one of the largest technology conventions events in Michigan. Open source community panelists at past PenguiCons have included Chris DiBona, Nat Torkington, Cory Doctorow and Bruce Schneier .
Aaron has worked with clients in the technology, retail, medical, and automotive industries.
On a personal note I am geeky, hard working, and social.
You should know that I am a high energy person. If you have ever seen the movie “Over the Hedge”, well I am that squirrel.
I love to cook. Cooking is an escape from my true love computers and IT. There is not a computer or gadget that I have not loved and hacked. Just about every device I own has been tweaked to improve its functionality. If I am not at home, I am likely traveling someplace. I have been on two cruises in 2010 and have a crazy 16 day pride trip planned this June. Every fall I go to BurningMan and countless weekend trips to Chicago, Columbus and Northern Michigan.