Sun Tech Days Speakers
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.
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 is currently a VP & Fellow at Sun Microsystems. 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. He has recently been a contributor to the Real-Time Specification for Java. He is currently a researcher at Sun labs where his primary interest is software development tools.
Jeff Jackson
Senior Vice President, Solaris Engineering Group
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jeff Jackson is Sun's Vice President of engineering, managing the Solaris operating systems, clustering, database and storage software. Jeff also is involved with the open source program surrounding OpenSolaris and the Java Desktop along with other Solaris technologies. Previous to managing Solaris, Jeff managed the Java Standard Edition and Java Enterprise Edition platforms, products and the Developer programs and Tools groups within Sun. Jeff has worked at Sun for ten years on enterprise products and open source projects.
Jeff has a unique perspective on the Java Platform, having been one of the originators of J2EE project at Sun. He lead that effort from its inception through delivery. Jeff also served a dual role for J2EE in engineering and marketing. Jeff is a keen supporter of developers, developer education and collaboration.
Jeet Kaul
Vice President of Developer Products and Programs
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
As Vice President of Developer Products and Programs, Jeet leads a worldwide organization which delivers tools and programs for developers, including the award-winning NetBeans and Sun Developer Network, and the record-setting Sun Studio compilers. Previously Jeet directed development of the JavaEE platform and the Sun Java Application Server. He spearheaded open-sourcing of the Java EE platform as part of the launch of the GlassFish community.
Jeet has more than 19 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. Prior to Rocktide, he was a Chief Architect at BeyondNews, which was purchased by Inktomi for $90 million in 1999. Prior to BeyondNews, Jeet 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.
Aisling MacRunnels
Vice President of Software Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ms. MacRunnels is responsible for marketing strategy and operations for Sun's complete software portfolio -- including the Solaris operating system, the Java Enterprise System suites, Java technology platforms, Solaris Cluster, storage software, Sun Studio and Java Studio developer tools. In addition, MacRunnels oversees marketing and relations with a growing number of developer and open source communities. Sun's market-leading software organization is one of the largest in the industry and has delivered some of the computer industry's most innovative technologies and business models. Sun is also the largest contributor of open source code in the world.
Since joining Sun in 1996, MacRunnels has led several business development and marketing teams. Most recently, she ran marketing for Sun's Utility Computing group, now part of her Software Marketing group. Previously, she was a senior director of software marketing, managing the creation and implementation of disruptive subscription business models for Sun's software systems, including Java Enterprise System, Java Desktop System and Solaris. She earned a Sun 2003 Leadership award recognizing her superior work redefining software business models.
Prior to joining Sun, MacRunnels spent several years guiding mergers and acquisitions as a management consultant based in Sydney/Singapore. She provided management consulting for two biotech start-ups, and designed and developed the services business for Cadence Design Systems. She holds a bachelor of science degree from Mt. St. Mary's College and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
Ian Murdock
Ian Murdock is VP Developer and Community Marketing at Sun Microsystems and Chair of the Linux Standard Base (LSB), the Linux platform interoperability standard.
Prior to joining Sun, Ian was CTO of the Linux Foundation (formed through the merger of OSDL and the Free Standards Group, where he was CTO) and cofounder, chairman, and chief strategist of Progeny, a Linux distribution vendor that builds custom Linux platforms for companies building server appliances and other Linux powered products.
A longtime Linux user, developer, and advocate, Ian founded the Debian project in 1993. Today, Debian is one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world, with millions of users worldwide. Debian is also widely considered one of the most successful and influential open source projects ever launched: More than 1,000 volunteers in all parts of the world are currently involved in Debian development, and the founding document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement. Ian was also a founding director of Linux International (1993-1995) and the Open Source Initiative (1998-2001). Ian holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University.
Karen Tegan-Padir
Vice President, Enterprise Java Platforms
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
As Vice President of Sun's Enterprise Java Platforms group, Karen Tegan Padir leads a global organization which is focused on the delivery of the Java Enterprise System core products, platforms and technologies. This includes the Java Enterprise Edition Platform. Identity Management Suite, Application Platform Suite and Web Infrastructure Suite and all of their component products. The Sun Java Enterprise System is a revolutionary approach to infrastructure software delivering the largest free, open, pre-tested and pre-integrated middleware software on the planet.Karen rejoined Sun after spending a year at Red Hat Inc., where she was Vice President of Engineering for Infrastructure Technologies responsible for Red Hat Identity Management products including Directory and Certificate server products, as well as Quality and Release Engineering of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux bundle.As one of the founding members of the J2EE organization at Sun, Karen managed the creation of specifications, compatibility test suites, blueprints and guided implementations of Java in the enterprise. Under her leadership, J2EE captured over 96 percent market share in the application server market, which represents the fastest Java technology adoption in its history.Karen has been with Sun for 12 years, prior to that she was with Stratus Computer Inc. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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