Jim Jagielski

Jim Jagielski
Born (1961-03-11) March 11, 1961
Dundalk, MD
Nationality American
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
Occupation software engineer
Board member of Apache Software Foundation Director, 1998-Present;
Open Source Initiative Director, 2010-2013
Outercurve Foundation Director, 2009-Present
Website www.jimjag.com
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Jim Jagielski (born March 11, 1961) is an American software engineer, who specializes in web, cloud and open source technologies.

Biography

Jagielski graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1983 with a BES in Electrical/Computer Engineering. He was hired by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center immediately after graduation.

In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies,[1] CTO for Covalent Technologies, Chief Architect for SpringSource/VMware and under the Office of CTO at Red Hat, Inc. as a Consulting Software Engineer. Currently he is a Sr. Director at Capital One in the Tech Fellows program. He's been a speaker at various conferences and seminars such as ApacheCon,[2] Forrester's IT Gigaworld,[3] and O'Reilly Open Source Convention.[4] He has written on numerous topics, and was the editor of the Apache section on Slashdot.[5]

Career

He is best known as cofounder, member, and director of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and as a core developer on several ASF projects, including the Apache HTTP Server, Apache Portable Runtime, and Apache Tomcat.[6] His first recognition on the Internet was as editor of the A/UX FAQ and system administrator for Jagubox, the primary repository for third-party software for Apple's A/UX operating system.[7]

In addition to his involvement with the ASF, Jagielski has been involved with other open-source projects.

Apache Software Foundation

Jagielski is one of the founding members of The Apache Software Foundation, after having been a member of the original eight-member Apache Group. Jagielski has served as Director on the ASF's board since its incorporation in 1999. After having served eight years as Executive Vice President and Secretary, and three years as Chairman, Jagielski served for several years as President of the ASF.[8] He is currently the ASF's VP of Legal Affairs.[9]

Jagielski is the original Chair of the Apache Incubator project, in which he is still involved. He was one of the original co-mentors for the Geronimo project, and he also mentors several Incubator podlings.

Jagielski is an active developer on many open source projects, ASF and otherwise. After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995, making him likely the longest active contributor within the ASF. A complete and current listing of Apache projects in which he is involved is available here: Apache Committers.

FOSS leadership

In 2005, Jagielski was asked to serve on the Advisory Board of the Open Source Software Institute. Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit (501 c 6) organization of corporate, government and academic representatives. Its mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.

In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation,[10] which was later renamed to Outercurve Foundation.[11] As well as Director, Jagielski serves as President for Outercurve.[12]

In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative.[13] He resigned in September 2013.[14]

Based on his long involvement in the FOSS community, Jagielski was one of the recipients of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards at OSCON 2012.[15]

In 2012, Jagielski was appointed as a new Council member of the MARSEC-XL Foundation.[16]

In 2015, Jagielski was awarded the European Commission/Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group's Luminary Award in Creating Open Engagement Platforms for his global efforts in promoting Open Source as an Innovation process.[17]

Other open software projects

Jagielski has contributed to Sendmail, xntpd, BIND, PHP, Perl and FreeBSD, among other projects.

References

  1. ↑ Zend Technologies Extends U.S. Presence; Open-Source Advocate Jim Jagielski Joins PHP Technology Leader, retrieved 18dec2007
  2. ↑ ApacheCon
  3. ↑ Forrester's IT Gigaworld
  4. ↑ O'Reilly Open Source Convention
  5. ↑ Slashdot Announces Apache and BSD Sections
  6. ↑ ASF Committers by Project Modules, retrieved 18dec2007
  7. ↑ Usenet FAQs By Author: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov
  8. ↑ Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors, Retrieved on December 23, 2007
  9. ↑ "Foundation Project". Apache Software Foundation. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Board of Directors". Outercurve Foundation. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  11. ↑ "The CodePlex Foundation Rebrands, Renamed Outercurve Foundation". Outercurve Foundation. September 28, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Outercurve Foundation Announces Jim Jagielski as President of Board". Outercurve Foundation. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  13. ↑ "OSI Board of Directors". Open Source Initiative. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ "OSI Board Minutes". Open Source Initiative. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards". O'Reilly. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  16. ↑ "MARSEC-XL Welcomes Jim Jagielski as a New Council Member". Nasdaq Globalwire. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  17. ↑ "THE OPEN INNOVATION 2.0 CONFERENCE 2015 PROVED THAT COLLABORATION HAS NO BOUNDARIES". Retrieved June 23 21, 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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