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Mark S. Krenz (born February 3, 1976) is originally from Warsaw, Indiana in the northern part of the state. Like many people, he originally came to Bloomington to attend Indiana University. Now he works as a system administrator at Cook Incorporated by day and at Suso by night. Basically, he's a sysadmin 48/7 and stays very busy. He is a strong advocate of Open Source technologies like Linux. He married Marina Kim in 2001 and now has a daughter Adela.

His first trip to Bloomington was in August of 1991 for the regional drum corps show that took place every year at Memorial Stadium until 1993.

Bloomington Activities

• Started Bloomingpedia (this website).
• Founder and IT Director of Suso Technology Services, Inc. (since 1997)
• Former leader of the Bloomington Linux Users Group. (2004-2007)
• Worked for Kiva Networking for 7 years as a system administrator (1997-2004).
• Led a protest against Indiana University over mealpoints. (1999)
• Ran an internet radio station called HIQ (1999-2000).
• Elected to the board of directors of WFHB in 2006, Resigned in 2007 due to scheduling conflicts.
• Post produced Linen of Languages show on WFHB (2000)
• Created Philip Glass Library website (1996).
• Tried to start a computer recycling business called Hardware Recycler with Nate Johnson (2000)
• Participated in The Little 500 Biathlon in 1998 and 2001.
• Participated in the Navruz Festival various years.

Other activities

• Member of the national champion Warsaw High School marching percussion ensemble in 1993-1994.
• Marched with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps in 1994.
• Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. (Theta Pi chapter)
• Worked on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska in the summer of 1995.
• Attended Morehead State University from 1994 to 1996 years as a music education major.
• Performed as a Tuba Santa at a few different Tuba Christmas events.

Phone numbers

Mark has had the following phone numbers while living at different places in Bloomington.

• 857-9458 - December 1997 - August 1999 (Eigenmann Hall room 1011, land line)
• 339-5942 - August 1996-August 1997 (1201 S. Park Ave., land line)

Links

• User:Mark - Mark's user page on Bloomingpedia.
• SusoSight Xulu, personal wiki for alter ego Suso Banderas
• Mark's LinkedIn profile
• Mark's profile on Facebook
• Mark's Twitter stream