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The speaker lineup at POSSCON is world-class.
POSSCON turned out to be a great event. Big thanks to Jeffrey Hammond, Lee Congdon, Mark Anzani and Deb Bryant for a great AM of panel discussion
Thanks to Matt Asay for moderating our panel at POSSCON. Well worth the trip to South Carolina. Great regional event.
The synergy between developers, business people, and teachers makes POSSCON pretty unique, I haven't really seen this anywhere else.
It was very nicely run and I think you did a bang-up job. You should all be proud of what you did.
This is like nothing you've ever seen before. You can look at the pictures, you can watch the videos... but just like a concert, you have to be there.
Speakers
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Scott McNealyCo-FounderSun Microsystems
Scott McNealy co-founded Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1982, serving as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Sun’s Board of Directors for 22 years. During his tenure at Sun McNealy drove the company’s innovation in open, network computing, and he helped transform Sun from a Silicon Valley start-up to a leading provider of network computing infrastructure with more than 30,000 employees worldwide. In 1986, he took the company public, creating one of the most notable publicly traded technology companies, all while positioning Sun as the model of corporate integrity.
Larry AugustinCEOSugarCRM
Prior to taking the helm at SugarCRM in 2009, Larry was an angel investor and advisor to early stage technology companies. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Appcelerator, Compiere, DeviceVM, DotNetNuke, Fonality, Hyperic, Medsphere, Pentaho and SugarCRM. A member of the group who coined the term "Open Source," he has written and spoken extensively on Open Source worldwide. Worth Magazine named him to its list of the Top 50 CEOs in 2000. In 1993 he founded VA Linux (now SourceForge, NASDAQ:LNUX), serving as CEO until August 2002.
Chris AniszczykOpen Source ManagerTwitter
Chris Aniszczyk is a software architect by trade with a passion for software evangelism, open source and building communities. He sits on the Eclipse Foundation's Board of Directors representing the committer community.
W. Douglas Maughan, Ph.D.DirectorDepartment of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Division, Cyber Security Division
Dr. Douglas Maughan is the Cyber Security Division Director in the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) within the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Dr. Maughan has been at DHS since October 2003 and is directing and managing the Cyber Security Research and Development activities and staff at DHS S&T. His research interests and related programs are in the areas of networking and information assurance.
Jon ‘maddog’ HallExecutive DirectorLinux International
During his career in commercial computing which started in 1969, John "maddog" Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager and educator.
Jim JagielskiPresident, Apache Software Foundation Sr. Consulting Software Engineer, Red Hat Inc.
Jim is a well known and acknowledged expert and visionary in Open Source, an accomplished coder and frequent presenter on all things Web and Cloud related. He is best known as one of the developers and co-founders of the Apache Software Foundation and serves as President.
Jesse AndrewsDirectorRackspace Cloud Builders
Jesse is deeply passionate about building scalable architecture, developing open source platforms, and delivering features that delight users. Before NASA and Anso Labs, Jesse was the Lead Architect for Flock, an award winning social web browser. Jesse also created Book Burro, a Firefox extension that allows for seamless price comparison and checking of libraries when on pages that contain a book's ISBN.
Steve GrahamSenior TechnologistEMC CTO Office
Steve Graham is a Senior Technologist focused on applying Web 2.0 concepts such as REST, Mashups and Ajax to deliver Service Oriented Infrastructures (SOI). Steve has been working on SOA since 1999 at EMC, IBM and the University of Chicago.
Jonathan LeBlancTechnology EvangelistX.Commerce
Jonathan LeBlanc is a principal technology evangelist, Emmy award winning software engineer, and author of the O'Reilly book "Programming Social Applications". Specializing in open source initiatives around the implementation of social engagement services, Jonathan works with and promotes emerging technologies to aid in the adoption and utilization of new social development techniques, such as his work on the OpenSocial foundation board.
Dave AbrahamsFounding Member, Boost.orgPrincipal, Boost Consulting
Dave is a founding member of Boost.org and an active participant in the ISO C++ standards committee. His broad range of experience in industry includes shrink-wrap software development, embedded systems design and natural language processing. He has authored eight Boost libraries and has made contributions to numerous others.
Kevin WhinneryDirector of Developer RelationsAppcelerator
Kevin is an experienced client-side web developer who has spent his entire professional life developing rich client applications and frameworks. In addition to his extensive experience on the Titanium platform, Kevin has developed rich client applications using Adobe Flex, open web technologies (HTML 5/CSS 3/JS), Silverlight, and WPF, giving him a unique perspective on rich client application development.
Shawn HartsockSpeaker, Author, Open Source Contributor
Shawn Hartsock is a Speaker, Author, and Open Source contributor whose clients include Fortune 500 companies that seek out his expertise with Java technologies like Groovy/Grails and the Spring Framework.
Chris HinkleySenior Security EngineerFireHost
As a FireHost Senior Security Engineer, Chris Hinkley maintains and configures FireHost network security devices, and develops policies and procedures to secure thousands of customer servers and websites. Hinkley has been with FireHost since the company’s inception and started as an interactive Web developer for FireHost’s predecessor, TargetScope.
Carol SmithProgram ManagerGoogle
Carol Smith has worked at Google for over 6 years and in the Open Source Programs Office for over two. She has a degree in photojournalism from California State University, Northridge. Carol is an avid cyclist and cook.
Deb BryantPrincipalDeb Bryant & Associates
Deborah has earned an international reputation for expertise in the adoption and use of open source software and open development models in the public sector through her work in private and public industry and academia.
Bdale GarbeeChief Technologist for Open Source and Linux, HPBoard Member and Lead Technologist, FreedomBox
Bdale currently serves as Chief Technologist for Open Source and Linux at HP.
Jeff KiblerTechnical Consultant and Community LiaisonInfobright
Jeff Kibler serves as a technical consultant and community liaison at Infobright, the first columnar, open-source analytics database. In this role, Jeff works with community members frequently to help define their database needs and the best technology fit among the many databases on the market today.
Paula HunterExecutive DirectorOutercurve Foundation
Paula Hunter brings a compelling combination of industry insight, executive-level business savvy and experience working with not-for-profits to the position of Executive Director. Previously Hunter served as Director of Operations for SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, a non-profit professional association working to increase awareness and promote the value of Search Engine Marketing worldwide.
Peter VescusoEVP of Marketing and Business DevelopmentBlack Duck Software
Peter brings over 20 years experience in marketing and executive management developing new markets and building brands. Prior to joining Black Duck Software, Peter was VP/GM of the Enterprise Business and VP of Marketing at Cantata Technology.
John M. Weathersby, Jr.Founder and Executive DirectorOpen Source Software Institute
John M. Weathersby, Jr. is the founder and executive director of the Open Source Software Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit organization whose mission is to promote adoption of open source software solutions within US Federal, state and local government agencies.
Tobin BradleyStrategic PlannerMecklenburg County, NC
Blogger and code wrangler for a number of open source projects.
Carl TwarogProfessorEast Carolina University
Specializing in animation and game design, Professor Carl Twarog has taught at East Carolina University for 16 years, previously teaching at the Massachusetts College of Art as a visiting lecturer. Twarog teaches face-to-face, hybrid and online courses in Motion, Game Design, and Animation.
Dan FrenchSuperintendent of SchoolsBennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, Vermont
Dan French is the Superintendent of Schools for the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union in southwestern Vermont. A Linux enthusiast, Dan was named Vermont Superintendent of the Year in 2009 and currently serves as the President of the Vermont Superintendents Association.
Jim BowringAsst. Professor of Computer ScienceCollege of Charleston
Dr. James F. Bowring teaches software architecture, design, engineering, and testing. He is also founder and principal investigator of the Cyber Infrastructure Research and Development Lab for the Earth Sciences.
Chris ClarkDirector of Information TechnologySparkfun Electronics
I began as the sole IT professional at SparkFun Electronics when it was very small and now manage a diversified staff of fourteen. During the past several years my responsibilities have grown from initially developing our internal ERP system to overseeing the rapid scaling of our growing business in all aspects of information technology.
Ian DaniherCo-FounderNonolith Labs
Hackers, entrepreneurs, and learners, Ian Daniher & Kevin Mehall have been playing with electronics in an ever-increasingly professional capacity. Since June, they've been working on the CEE, an analog multi-tool, giving makers, students, and hobbyists a transparent and flexible way to explore the world.
Joshua DavisResearch Scientist & Associate Branch HeadInformation Operations Branch, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Joshua Davis has nine years of experience in distributed test and evaluation working predominately supporting the US Marine Corps and U.S. Army. Josh is also the co-founder of the Military Open Source Software (Mil-OSS - http://www.mil-oss.org) community.
Lindsay Levkoff, Ph.D.Director of EducationSparkFun Electronics
While growing up Lindsay Levkoff was equally interested in biology and technology, dissecting both backyard lizards and living room electronics. However, in her K-12 experience the biological sciences won her favor due to tangibility and excitement.
Mark LitzSenior Manager - Systems, Database and Computer OperationsSouth Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC)
Mark is responsible for the evolution of the “Open” architecture and software implementations used in support of the SCDC’s growing web presence. Serving as the Chief Systems architect, he has managed several long term projects to implement Unix and Linux based servers into an historically Mainframe based shop.
David NalleyCommunity ManagerCloudStack
David Nalley is currently employed by Cloud.com as the Community Manager for the CloudStack project. In addition he's a long time contributor to the Fedora Project, where among other things he is currently serving on the Fedora Project Board. He's also contributed to in various forms to Cobbler, Zenoss, Opengroupware.org, OLPC Math4, and Sahana.
Bryant PattenExecutive DirectorNational Center for Open Source in Education
Bryant Patten has spent the last 20 years developing educational software and managing engineering departments. He has won several awards for software design. Bryant is currently bringing Open Source software solutions to schools to help maximize their technology dollars and close the digital divide between students of diverse economic backgrounds.
James SchweitzerLinux IT SpecialistIBM
James Schweitzer is an IT Specialist at IBM specializing in integrating Linux and Open Source software into enterprise environments. He has had the pleasure of implementing free and open source software in industries including finance, gaming, education, retail, health care, defense and travel.
Dave StokesMySQL Community ManagerOracle
Dave Stokes has been using MySQL for over 15 years and has a wide background with Open Source software. He has worked for companies alphabetically ranging from the American Heart Association to Xerox and was made the Oracle's MySQL Community Manager in 2010.
Michael WeinbergStaff AttorneyPublic Knowledge
Michael Weinberg joined Public Knowledge as a full-time Staff Attorney after two years as a part-time Law Clerk and Student Intern. Although he is involved in a wide range of issues at Public Knowledge, he focuses primarily on copyright, issues before the FCC, and emerging technologies like 3D printing.
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