Erik Klavon lives in San Francisco, California. Erik is a Principal Network Engineer in the Network Operations and Services group for Information Services and Technology at the University of California at Berkeley. Erik began working at UC Berkeley while a student there, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Computer Science. At work, Erik interacts with many network devices including routers, Un*x hosts (mostly FreeBSD) and the occasional Interocitor. He enjoys spending his free time reading, listening to (mostly classical) music and the radio, as well as using free and open source software via his model M keyboard. Erik holds an Amateur Extra Class Ham radio license with the call sign KE6IPA. Various forms of public transit provide him with almost all the mobility he desires. In cases where public transit falls short, or simply isn't as much fun, Erik has been known to fly a Cessna 172 airplane out of KOAK as a Private Pilot. Some have described his personality as exhibiting traits similar to those of a hacker while others simply call him white and nerdy.