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Old 12-09-2010, 06:34 PM
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Default Introducing myself

I thought I would drop by and say hello.


My name is Adrian Harris, I work for vBulletin, I think the title on my desk says "Senior Operations Manager", but it essentially means I am responsible for overseeing the business side of vBulletin which includes customer service, marketing etc. etc.

To be a little self indulgent, a bit about who I am.
I am Australian (Tasmanian to be precise ), but live in Los Angeles and work in vBulletin's head office, I got "into" vBulletin back in 2004 when I was made a moderator of a vBulletin community (ford-trucks.com) I was a member of... it progressed to being a super-moderator, then an administrator of the site.
Internet Brands (vBulletin's parent company) purchased the site, and I was offered a position to oversee the community side all of their automotive forums, of which there is about 90 - I left my "day job" at Ford Motor Company and moved to the US. Fast track another 2 years and I was presented with an opportunity to work on the vBulletin team - which I jumped at!
I sadly don't have experience with programming, apart from CNC Machine code and a bit of C programming for robots, I have a healthy appreciation for it. My designing experience is limited to Microsoft Paint - where I can expertly craft the dogs breakfast of your choice


Anyhow - I would like to drop by every now and then (if you will have me!), as I think you have a great community here, and I would love to participate and see how we (vBulletin) can help support it further.

I would love to hear a little about all of you!

Adrian
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Old 12-09-2010, 06:56 PM
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Hi! and welcome!

Don't know anyone from Tasmania. That's pretty cool.

At what point in your vbulletin moderating career did you start getting paid?
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Old 12-09-2010, 06:57 PM
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oh no, you are not permitted to commit here... we're not worth watching over...

rofl

... nah, just a joke from the black lamb of the gang...

btw, i do think "cross site" thing is overrated... rofl
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Old 12-09-2010, 06:59 PM
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Adrian, welcome to vB.org!

Good to see somebody from the IB/vBS mothership checking in.
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Old 12-09-2010, 07:43 PM
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Welcome to forum.
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Old 12-09-2010, 07:45 PM
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Thanks for the welcomes
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Don't know anyone from Tasmania. That's pretty cool.
ha - most don't get out alive
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At what point in your vbulletin moderating career did you start getting paid?
I was a volunteer up till I moved to the US to oversee all of the Internet Brands auto communities
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Old 12-09-2010, 08:04 PM
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Welcome Adrain..
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Old 12-09-2010, 08:15 PM
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Thanks for the welcomes ha - most don't get out alive
I was a volunteer up till I moved to the US to oversee all of the Internet Brands auto communities
You must've been doing a pretty darn good job. How large were these Ford forums? About ten thousand members?
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Old 12-09-2010, 08:54 PM
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You must've been doing a pretty darn good job. How large were these Ford forums? About ten thousand members?
About 580,000 members
I still admin the site today.
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Old 12-09-2010, 09:02 PM
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About 580,000 members
I still admin the site today.
Woaaaah. Are they mostly from Australia?
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