American executive, software developer, and open source proponent
Michael Tiemann at MySQL Conference 05 in 2005Michael Tiemann is an American software developer and executive, serving[when?] as vice president ofopen source affairs atRed Hat, Inc.,[1][2] and former President of theOpen Source Initiative.[3]
He earned abachelor's degree from theMoore School of Electrical Engineering in 1986 at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[4]
He co-foundedCygnus Solutions in 1989.[5][6] His programming contributions tofree software include authorship of theGNU C++ compiler and work on theGNU C compiler and theGNU Debugger.[7] Tiemann is featured in the 2001 documentaryRevolution OS.[8] Opensource.com profiled him in 2014, calling him one of "open source's great explainers."[9]
He was the chief technical officer of Red Hat.[10] He served on a number of boards, including theEmbedded Linux Consortium,[11] theGNOME Foundation advisory board,[12] and the board of directors ofActiveState Tool Corp.[13]
- ^"Michael Tiemann, V.P. of Red Hat Open Source Affairs, Selected as City of Raleigh 2015 Environmental Awards Keynote" (Press release). City of Raleigh. December 26, 2014.
- ^Tiemann, Michael."Home page for Michael Tiemann". Archived fromthe original on 2002-01-03. Retrieved2015-02-21.
- ^Thank You Michael Tiemann!
- ^Interview with Red Hat Vice President, Open Source Affairs - Michael Tiemann
- ^FORTUNE VISITS 25 COOL COMPANIES: What has the computer revolution done for us lately?
- ^Future of Cygnus Solutions: An Entrepreneur's Account, by Michael Tiemann (1999)
- ^Stallman, Richard M. (February 1988)."GNUs Flashes, February 1988".GNU's Bulletin.
- ^"About". Revolution OS.
- ^Behrenshausen, Bryan (August 5, 2014)."How to think like open source pioneer Michael Tiemann".Opensource.com. RetrievedDecember 19, 2015.
- ^"Red Hat Executive Team". Red Hat. Archived fromthe original on 2003-10-03.
- ^"Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann Appointed to Embedded Linux Consortium Board of Directors" (Press release). Red Hat. June 21, 2000.
- ^Veillard, Daniel (2003-03-13)."Minutes of the GNOME Board meeting March 11 2003".foundation-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved2015-02-21.
- ^"NY VC funds ActiveState" (Press release). ActiveState. 2000-09-25.
ActiveState Board Member and Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann
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