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American software engineer (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Jagielski is an American software engineer, who specializes in Open Source, InnerSource, web and cloud technologies.
Jim Jagielski | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | software engineer |
Board member of | Apache 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][failed verification] |
Website | www |
In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies.[2] Additionally, Jagielski has served as the Open Source Program Office lead for companies such as Red Hat,[3] Capital One,[4] VMWare,[5] Uber,[6] and currently Salesforce.[7]
Jagielski is an international speaker, having spoken and keynoted at events such as ApacheCon,[8] OSCON,[9] All Things Open,[10] Open Source 101,[11] Open Expo,[12] FOSS Backstage,[13] FINOS,[14] The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit[15] and numerous other events on such topics as Open Source Communities, Licensing, and Technologies.
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.[16]
Jagielski is one of the co-founders of the Apache Software Foundation. Jagielski served for several years as Director, Chairman, President, and EVP of the ASF.[17]
Jagielski is the original Chair of the Apache Incubator project.[18]
After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995.[19]
In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation,[20] which was later renamed to Outercurve Foundation.[21] As well as Director, Jagielski serves as President for Outercurve.[22]
In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative.[23] He resigned in September 2013.[24]
In 2012, Jagielski was appointed as a new Council member of the MARSEC-XL Foundation.[25]
Jagielski is a member of OASIS Open's Open Projects Advisory Council.[26]
Jagielski was one of the recipients of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards at OSCON 2012.[27]
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.[28]