Sally Khudairi
| Sally Khudairi | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 23, 1967 Boston, Massachusetts |
| 🏡 Residence | Massachusetts and California, US |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Northeastern University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Sally Khudairi is an American businesswoman focused in the technology sector.[1]
Active in the field since 1993, Khudairi served as the former deputy to Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Head of Communications for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). She assisted in the launch of Apache Software Foundation in 1999 and was elected its first female and non-technical member.[2]
Khudairi is Vice President of Marketing and Publicity for The Apache Software Foundation and Chief Executive of luxury brand communications consultancy HALO Worldwide. [3] She also joined OptDyn in 2016 to oversee marketing, outreach, and engagement.[4]
Career[edit]
Khudairi became involved with the World Wide Web in the 1990s and helped develop early web projects for Houghton-Mifflin, Yahoo, and Ziff Davis, along with joining the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to oversee communications, member relations, and webmaster activities.[5] As W3C webmaster,[6] she was responsible for the administration of the CERN httpd server.
During her time at W3C, Khudairi promoted the launch of 17 specifications that include PNG, HTML 3.2 and 4.0, HTTP/1.1, CSS, and XML, as well as programs such as the Web Accessibility Initiative with support from the US White House,[7] the Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation, and the Royal National Institute for the Blind. She also served as the W3C spokesperson for the “Browser Wars”[8] and served as a historic resource for the 2001 United States v. Microsoft anti-trust case.
After the launch of Apache Software Foundation (ASF) in 1999, Khudairi became the Foundation’s first female and first non-technical Member. Currently, she serves as ASF’s VP Marketing & Publicity and VP Sponsor Relations, acting as an ambassador to top-tier ASF Sponsors. In addition to working with the ASF, she helped launch Creative Commons and has consulted for companies such as CommerceNet, SleepyCat, and FileZilla. Khudairi is the head of communications consultancy HALO Worldwide.
In 2016, she joined OptDyn to launch the Subutai peer-to-peer cloud computing, IoT, and cryptocurrency mining.[9][10] She is a founder and currently serves as CMO.
Khudairi is a presenter and media trainer along with contributing the chapter “Who are You, What are You Selling, and Why Should I Care?”[11] to the eBook, Open Advice,[12] edited and compiled by Lydia Pintscher and others. She is also featured in FUD,[13] an Open Source documentary produced by Wyona Pictures. She has been recognized for her efforts in handling the crisis communications resulting from the 2017 Equifax data breach blamed on Apache Struts.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Meet The Women Of The Blockchain: Sally Khudairi of OptDyn and VP at The Apache Software Foundation" Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Top five head-scratchingest names for software projects" SD Times. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "45 Things We Must Do To Make Blockchain Better" BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Will Facebook’s Plan to Incorporate Blockchain be a Crypto Market Game Changer?" HedgeCo.net. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Sally Khudairi" W3. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Sally Khudairi, W3C Webmaster" Questia. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Letter from President Bill Clinton" White House Communications Office. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "The Web Standards Project" Unlock Campus. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Google Runs Coinbase Ads, Is the Tech Giant Taking a Cue from Facebook?" Value Spectrum. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Fake ICOs: How Can Cryptocurrency Investors Stay Safe?" HedgeCo.net. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ↑ "Open Advice Book Now Available" Just Write Click. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Who are You, What are You Selling, and Why Should I Care?" Google Books. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "FUD - Fear Uncertainty Doubt" Open Source. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Zealot Loads Cryptocurrency Miner on Linux, Windows Machines" Linux Insider. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ↑ "Did Equifax Ignore A Publicly Posted Anti-Hack Software Patch?" Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
This article "Sally Khudairi" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Sally Khudairi. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
