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Jim Jagielski
Born
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Occupationsoftware engineer
Board member ofApache Software Foundation Director, 1999-2018;
Open Source Initiative Director, 2010-2013
Outercurve Foundation Director, 2009-Present
Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering CS External Advisory Board, 2016-Present[1]
Websitewww.jimjag.com

Jim Jagielski is an American software engineer, who specializes in web, cloud and open source technologies.

Biography

In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies.[2] He's been a speaker ApacheCon,[3]

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.[4][failed verification] 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.[5]

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

Apache Software Foundation

Jagielski served for several years as President of the ASF.[6]

Jagielski is the original Chair of the Apache Incubator project.[7]

After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995.[8]

Other board and Council memberships

In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation,[9] which was later renamed to Outercurve Foundation.[10] As well as Director, Jagielski serves as President for Outercurve.[11]

In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative.[12] He resigned in September 2013.[13]

In 2012, Jagielski was appointed as a new Council member of the MARSEC-XL Foundation.[14]

Awards

Jagielski was one of the recipients of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards at OSCON 2012.[15]

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.[16]

References

  1. ^ "CS External Advisory Board".
  2. ^ Zend Technologies Extends U.S. Presence; Open-Source Advocate Jim Jagielski Joins PHP Technology Leader, retrieved 18dec2007
  3. ^ ApacheCon
  4. ^ ASF Committers by Project Modules, retrieved 18dec2007
  5. ^ Usenet FAQs By Author: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov
  6. ^ Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors, Retrieved on December 23, 2007
  7. ^ "Apache Phone Book". people.apache.org. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Apache Committers
  9. ^ "Board of Directors". Outercurve Foundation. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  10. ^ "The CodePlex Foundation Rebrands, Renamed Outercurve Foundation". Outercurve Foundation. September 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  11. ^ "Outercurve Foundation Announces Jim Jagielski as President of Board". Outercurve Foundation. July 1, 2013. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  12. ^ "OSI Board of Directors". Open Source Initiative. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  13. ^ "OSI Board Minutes". Open Source Initiative. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "MARSEC-XL Welcomes Jim Jagielski as a New Council Member". Nasdaq Globalwire. August 16, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  15. ^ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards". O'Reilly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  16. ^ "THE OPEN INNOVATION 2.0 CONFERENCE 2015 PROVED THAT COLLABORATION HAS NO BOUNDARIES". Retrieved December 5, 2017.