{{COI}} Jim Jagielski (born March 11, 1961) specialises in web and open source technologies. He is best known as co-founder, member and director of The Apache Software Foundation and a core developer on several ASF projects, including the Apache HTTP Server, Apache Portable Runtime and Apache Tomcat.[1] His first recognition on the internet was as editor of the A/UX FAQ and administrator for jagubox, the primary repository for third-party A/UX software.[2]
Background
editJagielski graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1983 with a BES in Electrical/Computer Engineering. He was hired by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center immediately after graduation.
In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies and currently serves as CTO for Covalent Technologies.[3] In addition to speaking at various conferences and seminars (eg: ApacheCon, Forrester's IT Gigaworld and O'Reilly Open Source Convention) and writing on numerous topics, in the past Jagielski was also the editor of the Apache section on Slashdot.[4]
Open Source
editIn addition to his deep involvement with the ASF, he has also made at least minor patches to several of the core technologies powering the web.
Apache Software Foundation
editJagielski is one of the founding members of The Apache Software Foundation after having been an almost charter member of the original 8-member Apache Group. Jagielski has served as Director on the ASF's board since its incorporation in 1999. After having served 8 years as Executive Vice President and Secretary, Jagielski currently serves as Chairmain of the ASF[5].
Other foundation level responsibilities include serving as Chair for the ASF's Public Relations committee. Jagielski was the first Chair of the Apache Incubator project, in which he is still involved with to this day. He was one of the original co-Mentors for the Geronimo project, and he also Mentors the following Incubator podlings: mod_ftp, CXF and Cayenne.
Uniquely though, Jagielski is still a very active developer on many ASF projects. After doing some development on the NCSA_HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995, making him likely the longest active contributor within the ASF. A complete and current listing of Apache projects in which he is involved is available here: Apache Committers.
Open Source Software Initiative
editIn 2005 Jagielski was asked to serve on the Advisory Board of the Open Source Software Institute. Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit (501 c 6) organization comprised of corporate, government and academic representatives whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.
Other Open Software Projects
editAs noted above, Jagielski has also contributed to several other Open Source projects, such as Sendmail, xntpd, BIND, PHP, Perl and FreeBSD.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ ASF Committers by Project Modules, retrieved 18dec2007
- ^ Usenet FAQs By Author: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov
- ^ Zend Technologies Extends U.S. Presence; Open-Source Advocate Jim Jagielski Joins PHP Technology Leader, retrieved 18dec2007
- ^ Slashdot Announces Apache and BSD Sections
- ^ Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors, Retrieved on December 23, 2007