James (Jim) Zemlin
| James (Jim) Zemlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | James Zemlin |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| Known for | Leadership roles in Free and Open Source Software development and marketing |
| Title | Executive Director of The Linux Foundation |
James Zemlin (called "Jim Zemlin") is Executive Director of The Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation is the non-profit which supports the Linux operating system and other important Free and Open-Source Software projects. The home website of The Linux Foundation describes his leadership participation in three of the latest technology trends: "mobile computing", "cloud computing", and "open source software".[1]
Jim Zemlin also sits on the boards of the Global Economic Symposium, Open Source For America, and the Chinese Open Source Promotion Union.[2]
Early life[edit]
Zemlin learned to love computing technology from his father, a computer programmer, while spending his formative years in Minnesot .[3] As a young man m Zemlin worked at Western Wireless (later acquired by Deutsche Telekom to become T-Mobile USA).[4]
Business career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Shortly after the founding of Corio Corporation, Jim Zemlin became a member of the management team there. At that time Corio provided the "Corio Applications on Demand(TM)" platform to deliver enterprise applications from independent software vendors as a service for a fixed monthly fee, an early example of Software as a Service (SAS).[5]
Subsequent job posts have included Vice President of Marketing at Covalent Technologies and Executive Director at The Free Standards Group.[6]
Recent career[edit]
In 2004 Zemlin became Executive Director of The Free Standards Group (FSG)[7] which merged with Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) in 2007 to form the Linux Foundation, with Zemlin becoming executive director there. [8] [9]
As Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin has participated as a keynote speaker at a large number of technology industry events.[10] These appearances have sometimes evoked further commentary in the Free Software/OpenSource (FOSS) community. [11] [12]. During his tenure as executive director, Mr. Zemlin has also posted a blogging article to defend important institutional changes undertaken at The Linux Foundation [13] which have been controversial. [14]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/ Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ↑ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/ Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ↑ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2017/196/Interview-Meet-Jim-Zemlin Retrieved 2020-01-07
- ↑ https://www.fujitsu.com/us/about/resources/events/bio-jim-zemlin.html Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031023005275/en/Corio-Acquires-Nexus-Technology-Leader-SAP-Market Retrieved 2020-01-09
- ↑ https://www.fujitsu.com/us/about/resources/events/bio-jim-zemlin.html Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040510005349/en/Free-Standards-Group-Names-Jim-Zemlin-Executive Retrieved 2020-01-07
- ↑ https://www.cio.com/article/2442799/osdl--free-standards-group-to-merge.html Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080408224303/http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/01/21/new-linux-foundation-launches-%E2%80%93-merger-of-open-source-development-labs-and-free-standards-group/Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ↑ https://www.fujitsu.com/us/about/resources/events/bio-jim-zemlin.html Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ http://techrights.org/2019/08/09/we-are-cattle-to-zemlin/ Retrieved 2020-01-03
- ↑ http://techrights.org/2019/07/19/zemlin-congratulates-microsoft/ Retrieved 2020-01-03
- ↑ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2016/01/linux-foundation-update/ Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ↑ https://fossbytes.com/the-linux-foundations-response-to-leadership-controversy-is-plain-disappointment/ Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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