Robert Brewin
Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer, Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Robert Brewin is a Sun Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Software at Sun Microsystems. His responsibilities include technical leadership for developer products and application platforms, including the Java platform, mobility, enterprise software and business integration products. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility include Sun's expanding role in the development of Web 2.0 technologies, improving the developer experience, and alignment and integration of our platforms, technologies and tools.
Bob brings his extensive customer and developer-focused experience to bear as prior to taking on this new role, he was the chief architect for Sun's developer tools portfolio, where he was a principal driver behind a number of key initiatives and projects. These included strategic enhancements to the award-winning NetBeans IDE, architectural changes and alignment of the Studio family of tools and add-ons with NetBeans and as the visionary behind the design, creation and delivery of the revolutionary Java Studio Creator product. Prior to joining Sun approximately 13 years ago, Bob worked at Taumetric Corporation, a leading supplier of compiler technology.
Douglas W. Fisher
Vice President, Software and Solutions Group
General Manager, Systems Software Division
Intel Corporation
Doug Fisher is vice president, Software and Solutions Group (SSG), and general manager of SSG's Systems Software Division. He leads a worldwide organization responsible for a broad range of development, enabling, architecture analysis and optimization efforts including pre-boot firmware, operating systems, virtualization, middleware software, graphics, SoftSDV and client/server projections. In addition, Fisher has been named the Intel corporate "Mega Initiative" owner for virtualization.
Fisher joined Intel in 1995 and for the first few years managed several new product development and research efforts including projects around remote LAN access, data over VBI, and "Internet in a box" before moving to Intel's Enterprise Platform Group where he led the Server Management Software development organization for three years. In 1999, Fisher transferred to Intel Online Services as the director of engineering for Europe and moved to England to set up the international engineering organization. In 2000, he was appointed director of worldwide engineering for Intel Online Services.
Prior to joining Intel, Fisher worked for 10 years at Hewlett-Packard where he started his career as a software developer on a real-time operating system with his final role as the marketing manager over the OpenView Network Node Manager product line.
Fisher holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University, and a master's degree in management from Stanford University.
John Gage
Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
John is responsible for Sun's relationships with world scientific and technical organizations, for international public policy and governmental relations in the areas of scientific and technical policy, and for alliances with the world's leading research institutions.
In 1995, Gage created NetDay, a volunteer project to bring the resources of world high-technology companies to all schools and libraries to connect them to the Internet. Since then over 500,000 volunteers have wired over 50,000 schools and libraries in the United States. NetDays are planned in over thirty countries for 2002.
Gage is on the board of NetDay and Schools Online, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the world one school at a time.In late 1999, President Clinton appointed John to his Web Based Education Commission, which issued its report December, 2000.The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government named Gage as one of five distinguished journalists and scholars to be its 2000 Fall Fellows. He taught a course on Technology, Media, and Governance during the fall semester, 2000.
Gage is also a frequent host on Sun's Digital Journey - an ongoing series of Web-based multimedia programs that seek to gain a more complete understanding of new and emerging technologies in their business, social, environmental , and cultural contexts.
Gage attended the University of California, Berkeley, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He did doctoral work in mathematics and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and left Berkeley in 1982 to join Bill Joy at Sun Microsystems.
He is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE), and the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC).
Gage has served on scientific advisory panels for the US National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Multimedia Super Corridor project of Malaysia. He has also been a member of the Board of Regents of the US NationalLibrary of Medicine, the Board of Trustees of Fermi National Laboratory, and the External Advisor Council for the World Bank.
James Gosling
Vice President and Sun Fellow
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
James Gosling received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, Canada in 1977. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1983. The title of his thesis was "The Algebraic Manipulation of Constraints". He has built satellite data acquisition systems, a multiprocessor version of Unix, several compilers, mail systems and window managers. He has also built a WYSIWYG text editor, a constraint based drawing editor and a text editor called 'Emacs' for Unix systems. At Sun his early activity was as lead engineer of the NeWS window system. He did the original design of the Java programming language and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine. In February 2007, James was named an officer of the Order of Canada.
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Rich Green
Executive Vice President, Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Rich Green is responsible for the overall operational leadership of Sun's software division, which has delivered some of the computer industry's most innovative technologies and business models. Mr. Green oversees the Solaris Enterprise System, including the Solaris Operating System, the Java Enterprise System suites, N1 management software, Sun Studio and Java Studio developer tools. In addition, he leads a variety of industry-standards efforts and open source communities.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Green has extraordinary insight into the evolution of developer platforms and enterprise software alike. He returned to Sun in May 2006 following two years as executive vice president of products at Cassatt Corporation, an enterprise software company focused on next generation system virtualization.
Prior to Cassatt, Green spent 14 years at Sun where he led a variety of software initiatives. He was the vice president and general manager of Sun's combined Java organization where he led development, introducing business programs for Java EE, Java ME and JavaCard. He was responsible for the widespread adoption of Java SE via OEM bundling and Web download programs. As Sun's chief Java advocate, Green played an essential role in the company's negotiations leading to its landmark $1.6 billion settlement and 10-year collaboration agreement with Microsoft. Green also spearheaded the development of such critical technological advancements as Java Studio Creator and was instrumental in driving adoption for Sun's Java Virtual Machine software. Previously, Green served as vice president and general manager of the Solaris products organization.
Jeet Kaul
Vice President of Developer Products and Programs
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
As vice president of the Client Software Group, Jeet Kaul leads the global team which produces Sun's key user-oriented software technologies and platforms, including Java FX, Java ME, Java SE, Java Card and Content Delivery Server.
Previously Jeet was vice president responsible for Developer Products and Programs, including NetBeans, Sun Studio, and Sun Developer Network. Prior to his vice president role, Jeet directed development of the Java EE platform and the Sun Java Application Server, where he spearheaded open-sourcing of the Java EE platform as part of the launch of the GlassFish community.
Jeet has more than 20 years of technical, entrepreneurial and leadership experience in the computer industry. Jeet was a founder of Rocktide Incorporated in 2000, which was later acquired by NetObjects where he then served as Vice President of Engineering. Jeet was a Chief Architect at BeyondNews, which was purchased by Inktomi for $90 million in 1999. Jeet also held senior technical and management positions at Apple Computer.
Jeet holds a Masters of Science Degree in Computer Engineering from Rice University in Houston, and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree with Honors from Birla Institute of Technology, India.
Thomas Kurian
Senior Vice President
Oracle Server Technologies Development
Oracle Corporation
Thomas Kurian is senior vice president of development for Oracle middleware platform products, including Oracle Application Server and development tools. He is responsible for shaping all technological aspects of the products' development, release process, management, and business development.
Mr. Kurian has been with Oracle since 1996, holding various product management and development positions in Oracle's Server Technologies Division. He played a key role in bringing Oracle9i Application Server to market. He also served as Oracle's vice president of e-business, driving a number of company-wide initiatives focused on transforming Oracle into an e-business.
Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Kurian worked in London, Brussels, and San Francisco as a consultant with McKinsey and Company, an international management consulting firm, serving clients in the software, telecommunications and financial services industries.
Mr. Kurian holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, graduating from Princeton University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He serves as an advisory member on the boards of several international venture funds and software companies.
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Leendert vanDoorn
Senior AMD Fellow
AMD
Leendert vanDoom manages the Software Technology Office and Systems Manageability teams within AMD's software organization. Focus areas include: managed code, accelerated computing, manageability, virtualization, security and driving advanced silicon features into AMD's future processors and platforms. VanDoorn has a Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and prior to AMD was a senior manager at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.
Christy Wyatt
Vice President, Software Platforms and Ecosystem
Motorola, Inc.
As Vice President, Software Platforms and Ecosystem for Motorola, Christy Wyatt is responsible for the development and management of Motorola's strategic platforms, ISV and developer ecosystems. Christy and her global team drive platform definition, design, and development and cultivate a thriving developer environment through partner recruitment/management, tools development and support, ISV management and go-to-market programs. She currently serves as Motorola's board member for the Linux Foundation, LiMo Foundation, and Eclipse Foundation.
Prior to joining Motorola, Christy served as Worldwide Developer Relations Director at Apple Computer where she was responsible for partners, global alliances and evangelism. Before her time at Apple, Christy was Senior Director at Palmsource Inc., responsible for their licensing and developer relations teams where she grew the developer community from 3,000 to 200,000 with more than 14,000 applications.
Christy has also held key technical, sales and business development roles at Sun Microsystems, JavaSoft and ESRI.
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