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In December 2005 Peters became Director of Product Management for [[OpenLogic]], an Open Source services company.<ref>{{cite pressrelease|publisher=OpenLogic|url=http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/12.7.05.php|title=OpenLogic Hires Open Source Expert Stormy Peters as Director of Product Management|date=2005-12-07|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> In July 2008 Peters left OpenLogic and became the executive director of the GNOME Foundation.<ref name="gnome-appointment"/> Her role is in coordinating with sponsors, [[business development]] and [[marketing]].<ref name="efy-interview"/> |
In December 2005 Peters became Director of Product Management for [[OpenLogic]], an Open Source services company.<ref>{{cite pressrelease|publisher=OpenLogic|url=http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/12.7.05.php|title=OpenLogic Hires Open Source Expert Stormy Peters as Director of Product Management|date=2005-12-07|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> In July 2008 Peters left OpenLogic and became the executive director of the GNOME Foundation.<ref name="gnome-appointment"/> Her role is in coordinating with sponsors, [[business development]] and [[marketing]].<ref name="efy-interview"/> |
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Peters has given [[keynote]] talks to many Open Source conferences including the [[Open Source Business Conference]],<ref name="openlogic-bio"/> [[linux.conf.au]], the 2008 [[ |
Peters has given [[keynote]] talks to many Open Source conferences including the [[Open Source Business Conference]],<ref name="openlogic-bio"/> [[linux.conf.au]], the 2008<ref name="GNOME.Asia 2008">{{cite web|url=http://2008.gnome.asia|title=GNOME.Asia Summit 2008 conference website.}}</ref> and 2009<ref name="GNOME.Asia 2009">{{cite web|url=http://2009.gnome.asia|title=GNOME.Asia Summit 2009 conference website.}}</ref> [[GNOME.Asia]] summit in [[Beijing]] and [[Ho Chi Minh]] respectively, and the [[Ohio Linuxfest]] in 2010. |
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Revision as of 01:48, 12 May 2011
Stormy Peters | |
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 Stormy Peters at GUADEC 2008 | |
| Born | Robyn Peters |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Engagement something or other |
| Employer | Mozilla Corporation |
| Known for | free and open source software advocacy |
| Website | http://www.stormyscorner.com/ |
Stormy Peters is an information technology industry analyst and prominent free and open source software (FOSS) advocate, promoting business use of FOSS. She advocates as a consultant and conference speaker. She co-founded, and was later appointed as executive director of the GNOME Foundation.
Peters' real first name is Robyn; however, she has not gone by that name since her childhood.[1]
Career
Peters completed a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Computer Science at Rice University and initially worked as a software engineer for Hewlett-Packard in their Unix development team.[2]
In approximately 1999 Peters was managing the HP-UX desktop development and became aware of the GNOME project when the team decided to provide GNOME on HPUX. Peters had a role in explaining the Open Source business and intellectual property models to Hewlett-Packard management. She later founded the Hewlett-Packard Open Source Program office.[3] In 2000 she became one of the founding members of the GNOME Foundation Advisory board.[4]
In December 2005 Peters became Director of Product Management for OpenLogic, an Open Source services company.[5] In July 2008 Peters left OpenLogic and became the executive director of the GNOME Foundation.[4] Her role is in coordinating with sponsors, business development and marketing.[3]
Peters has given keynote talks to many Open Source conferences including the Open Source Business Conference,[2] linux.conf.au, the 2008[6] and 2009[7] GNOME.Asia summit in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh respectively, and the Ohio Linuxfest in 2010.
References
- ^ Varghese, Sam (2008-02-05). "Stormy by name, not by nature". IT Wire. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
Her real name is Robyn but she hasn't been called that except for a while when she lived in Spain as a child.
- ^ a b "The OpenLogic Management Team: Stormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs". OpenLogic. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ a b Bhartiya, Swapnil (2008-07-15). "A Storm In The Computing World: Stormy Peters". EFYTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ a b "GNOME hires Stormy Peters as Executive Director" (Press release). GNOME Foundation. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "OpenLogic Hires Open Source Expert Stormy Peters as Director of Product Management" (Press release). OpenLogic. 2005-12-07. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "GNOME.Asia Summit 2008 conference website".
- ^ "GNOME.Asia Summit 2009 conference website".
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