Brian behlendorf is the executive director of hyperledger project. Formerly he was chief technology officer at the world economic forum. He is also a former director and cto of collabnet, a company he cofounded. Brian behlendorf born march 30, 1973 is a technologist, executive, computer programmer and leading figure in the opensource software movement.
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Brian behlendorf is the collaboration advisor for the connect project, bringing a depth of experience in open source projects to the team. Brian behlendorf talks about the globalization of software, how collaboration is becoming second nature to a lot of todays software engineers, and ways that collabnet fits into the software. Brian behlendorf is executive director for hyperledger, a project of the linux. It provides cloudbased application lifecycle management solutions to enterprises and government instutions, which helps them develop and deliver highquality software at speed. Brian behlendorf born march 30, 1973 is an american technologist, executive, computer programmer and leading figure in the opensource software movement.
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Introducing hyperledger brian behlendorf, executive director. The company was originally founded as collabnet in 1999 by tim oreilly, brian behlendorf, and bill portelli, who also served as the companys chief executive officer. Brian was also a cofounder and president of the apache software foundation and a cofounder of the open source initiative. Read more behlendorf was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member of the apache software foundation. Last week brian behlendorf, cto of collabnet, gave a onehour talk at a lunchtime meeting of the austin java users group entitled from open systems to open standards to open software. Nov 18, 2018 collabnet is a privately held software development company based in alpharetta, ga, usa. He has also served on the board of the mozilla foundation since 2003 and the electronic frontier foundation since continue reading. Brian behlendorf serves as the executive director of hyperledger project. Brian behlendorf at the interval at long now san francisco. Brian behlendorf is the recently appointed executive director of the hyperledger project, an open source blockchain platform started by the linux foundation last year. By brian behlendorf blog last february, the linux foundation announced 30 founding members and six of those proposed contributions of code to advance blockchain technology under hyperledger. He was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member of the apache group, which later became the apache software foundation. Prior to that, he ran the mainframe and automation business units. Collabnet is a privately held software development company based in alpharetta, ga, usa.
Brian behlendorf is the executive director of hyperledger. Most recently, behlendorf was a managing director at mithril capital management. By brian behlendorf blog, hyperledger burrow last thursday marks another important milestone in the hyperledger books. As one of the founders of apache, hes seen how teams of geographically disperse developers turned an. The apache software foundation, which behlendorf let for three years, now has 700 developers working on 120 projects to improve the web. Brian behlendorf is a managing director at mithril, a technologydriven venture investment firm in san francisco. The state of software development with brian behlendorf. Open source has been around for a while in various shapes and forms, behlendorf said in a keynote address at the sd. Brian behlendorf, one of the founders of the apache web server project and the collabnet cooperative software development company, is contracting now with the department of health and human services on a software project they opened up a year ago under the name. Behlendorf, one of the original apache crew and now a member of the board of directors of. Brian behlendorf is the recently appointed executive director of the. Collabnet subversion collabnet teamforge collabnet lab management. Since retiring as chief technology officer of collabnet in 2007, he has. He also serves on the boards of the mozilla foundation and electronic frontier foundation.
Where hes been subverting corporate software culture building corporate websites fomenting the digital revolution staying up late. Brian is executive director of the hyperledger project, an initiative hosted at the. Brian behlendorf, the chief technical officer and cofounder of collabnet, says boosting motivation and getting rid of slow feedback loops are crucial to reversing a dismal trend. Behlendorf, one of the original apache crew and now a member of the board of directors of the apache. Apr 18, 2017 brian behlendorf is executive director of the hyperledger project. Mar 15, 2007 collabnet before the committee on house administration, elections subcommittee u. Fujitsu laboratories of america technology symposium 2016. Brian behlendorf speakers bureau and booking agent info. Cofounder and board member of various nonprofits and forprofits in the tech sector, most specifically focused on open source. Brian is executive director, hyperledger, an open source blockchain software consortium hosted at the linux foundation. Jul 16, 2018 brian behlendorf is the executive director of hyperledger, an initiative at the linux foundation. It is widely understood in the software industry that scrum and agile are foundational for modern software development teams.
A commissioned study conducted by forrester consulting on behalf of collabnet versionone. University of california at berkeley collabnet cofounder, cto 1999 apache software foundation past president 3 years hillary clinton for president john kerry. Brian behlendorf was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member of the apache software foundation. Do entertainers, celebrities and speakers like brian behlendorf do paid appearances and speaking engagements. After 8 years leading collabnet as its cto, brian left to work on the 2008 obama campaign as a technology advisor, and then at the office of science and technology policy at the white house, developing. Founder and chief technology officer, collabnet, a company focused on bringing open source collaborative software. Collabnet and organic and several open source software projects apache, subversion. Brian behlendorf looks at how open source software and the blockchain offer models for building trust in your systems. He has also served on the board of the mozilla foundation since 2003 and the electronic frontier foundation since 20. Brian behlendorf san francisco bay area professional profile. Apache cofounder brian behlendorf discusses the connect health data project. Brian behlendorf blockchain revolution global 2020.
Fast forward to today, hyperledger is now the fastest growing project ever hosted by the linux foundation. He was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member. A board member at collabnet and the mozilla foundation, but mostly now a free agent on all things open source. Collabnet versionone is a leading provider of enterprise cloud development and agile alm products and services for software driven organizations. Brian behlendorf, founder and cto of collabnet and president of the apache software foundation, believes that open source is at or slightly past what he calls the tipping point, with a bow to malcolm gladwell, author of a 1999 volume by the same name. Bill portelli, president and ceo brian behlendorf, founder and former cto. You can find booking and speaking fee information, contacts for booking agent, publicist, agency, manager and biography information on brian behlendorf and other well. Behlendorf was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member of the apache software foundation. Dec 17, 2003 brian behlendorf, founder and cto of collabnet and president of the apache software foundation, believes that open source is at or slightly past what he calls the tipping point, with a bow to malcolm gladwell, author of a 1999 volume by the same name. Brian has worked in leadership positions for a mix of technology startup, public policy, and nonprofit tech operations. Brian behlendorf keynote speaker blockchain africa. Brian behlendorf is executive director of the hyperledger project. Brian behlendorf believes in developers working together. Opensource thought leader and collabnet founder brian.
Brian behlendorf is the executive director for hyperledger. Recognized as an early champion of devops with deep experience in agile transformation, ashok has held leadership positions at several fortune 500 companies including ibm, rational software, honeywell and novartis. Brian behlendorf was born march 30, 1973 and is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the opensource software movement. Introducing hyperledger by brian behlendorf, executive. It was founded in 1999 by bill portelli, brian behlendorf, and tim oreilly. It could save them millions and drive microsoft nuts. General services administration emerging citizen technology office, is a sixpart livestream pilot to enhance the modern federal workforce with training, education and awareness of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, blockchain, social technologies and virtualaugmented. The emerging technology leadership series, hosted by the u. In 1999, behlendorf founded collabnet, a software firm in brisbane, ca, that offers web collaboration toolsl to help companies write software more efficiently. Mar 24, 2020 brian behlendorf is a managing director at mithril, a technologydriven venture investment firm in san francisco.
He is also the chairman of the board of directors at the electronic frontier foundation, and on the bod of the mozilla foundation and benetech. He has also served on the board of the mozilla foundation since 2003 and the electronic frontier foundation since. Interviews on open source with hhs contractors brian. House of representatives march 15, 2007 members of the committee, good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon on the topic of disclosed and open source software. Over the past few years we have developed our processes to the point where we can also run this on a. He was a primary developer of the apache web server, the most popular web server software on the internet, and a founding member of the apache group, which later became the apache software. After i left collabnet, we stayed in touch and over the years hes tried to recruit me. Simultaneously he launched collabnet, which brought the principles and tools used by the open source software community to large enterprises. View brian behlendorfs professional profile on linkedin. He was the founding cto of collabnet and cto of the world economic forum. I cant think of anyone who has had a more epic impact on the history of open source software than brian behlendorf.
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