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Specifically, I am partnering with Samsung’s Electronics Research Institute – known as SERI, which is their European R&D and Innovation centre. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SERI are looking to create a new open source SW focused lab which will be located across both Espoo, Finland and London, England as part of their new focus on making Samsung a much more active contributor to the open source SW community – something which they are conscious they have done enough in the past.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Samsung want to build a team of individuals that will continue to be focused on and contribute to external open source community projects (70-80% of the team’s work will be external). Priority areas of technology and projects will include Linux Kernel, Linaro, LLVM, Wayland &, Web (groups include Webkit, Chromium & node.js). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is an exciting new group being invested in by Samsung and there are no limits to how significant and influential these team roles will be both within Samsung’s business as well as externally.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m extremely interested in connecting with any open source SW specialists, especially with project maintainer or committer status. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like more information on the open positions or would like a discreet (confidential) discussion with me to find out more. On offer is the chance to be one of the founding members of an exciting new team set for real growth and expansion. Also on offer is fantastic career potential and extremely attractive salary and benefits packages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Chris Bower<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Director - Executive Search <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Tel: +44 (0) 845 605 1785 (DD)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>FAX: +44 (0) 845 605 1781 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Skype: ‘chrisbower’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Email: <u><a href="mailto:chris@bigpondsolutions.com"><span style='color:blue'>chris@bigpondsolutions.com</span></a></u> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Web: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.bigpondsolutions.com/"><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6'>www.bigpondsolutions.com</span></b></a></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=155 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDF7E3.6D6E6280" alt="Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01C8956D.D869B7C0"></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Big Pond Solutions is </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>a leading Search & Selection Consultancy within the Wireless and Consumer Technology marketplace covering Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. 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