Jim Jagielski
Encyclopedia
Jim Jagielski is an American software engineer
, who specialises in web
and open source technologies.
in 1983 with a BES in Electrical/Computer Engineering. He was hired by NASA
's Goddard Space Flight Center
immediately after graduation.
In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies
, CTO for Covalent Technologies, Chief Architect for SpringSource/VMware and currently under the Office of CTO at Red Hat, Inc. as a Consulting Software Engineer. In addition to speaking at various conferences and seminars (e.g.: ApacheCon, Forrester's IT Gigaworld and O'Reilly Open Source Convention) and writing on numerous topics, in the past Jagielski was also the editor of the Apache section on Slashdot
.
and a core developer on several ASF projects, including the Apache HTTP Server
, Apache Portable Runtime
and Apache Tomcat
. His first recognition on the internet was as editor of the A/UX
FAQ
and administrator for jagubox, the primary repository for third-party A/UX software.
In addition to his involvement with the ASF, Jagielski has been involved with other open-source projects as well.
after having been an almost charter member of the original 8-member Apache Group. Jagielski has served as Director on the ASF's board since its incorporation in 1999. After having served 8 years as Executive Vice President and Secretary, and 3 years as Chairman, Jagielski currently serves as President of the ASF.
Jagielski was the first Chair of the Apache Incubator
project, in which he is still involved to this day. He was one of the original co-Mentors for the Geronimo project, and he also Mentors the following Incubator podlings: mod_ftp, CXF and Cayenne.
Jagielski still finds time to be a very active developer on many ASF projects. After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd
web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995, making him likely the longest active contributor within the ASF.
In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation, which was recently renamed to OuterCurve. As well as Director, Jagielski serves as secretary for OuterCurve.
In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative.
, xntpd, BIND
, PHP
, Perl
and FreeBSD
, among other projects.
Software engineer
A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...
, who specialises in web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
and open source technologies.
Biography
Jagielski graduated from the Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in 1983 with a BES in Electrical/Computer Engineering. He was hired by NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC,...
immediately after graduation.
In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a Web Host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies
Zend Technologies
Zend Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli world wide web infrastructure software company with headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S., technology center in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel and offices in France, Italy and Germany...
, CTO for Covalent Technologies, Chief Architect for SpringSource/VMware and currently under the Office of CTO at Red Hat, Inc. as a Consulting Software Engineer. In addition to speaking at various conferences and seminars (e.g.: ApacheCon, Forrester's IT Gigaworld and O'Reilly Open Source Convention) and writing on numerous topics, in the past Jagielski was also the editor of the Apache section on Slashdot
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
.
Work
He is best known as co-founder, member and director of The Apache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed from the Apache Group and incorporated in Delaware, U.S., in June 1999.The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers...
and a core developer on several ASF projects, including the Apache HTTP Server
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone...
, Apache Portable Runtime
Apache Portable Runtime
The Apache Portable Runtime is a supporting library for the Apache web server. It provides a set of APIs that map to the underlying operating system . Where the OS doesn't support a particular function, APR will provide an emulation...
and Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation...
. His first recognition on the internet was as editor of the A/UX
A/UX
A/UX was Apple Computer’s implementation of the Unix operating system for some of their Macintosh computers. The later versions of A/UX ran on the Macintosh II, Quadra and Centris series of machines as well as the SE/30. A/UX was first released in 1988, with the final version released in 1995...
FAQ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions are listed questions and answers, all supposed to be commonly asked in some context, and pertaining to a particular topic. "FAQ" is usually pronounced as an initialism rather than an acronym, but an acronym form does exist. Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual...
and administrator for jagubox, the primary repository for third-party A/UX software.
In addition to his involvement with the ASF, Jagielski has been involved with other open-source projects as well.
Apache Software Foundation
Jagielski is one of the founding members of The Apache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed from the Apache Group and incorporated in Delaware, U.S., in June 1999.The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers...
after having been an almost charter member of the original 8-member Apache Group. Jagielski has served as Director on the ASF's board since its incorporation in 1999. After having served 8 years as Executive Vice President and Secretary, and 3 years as Chairman, Jagielski currently serves as President of the ASF.
Jagielski was the first Chair of the Apache Incubator
Apache Incubator
Apache Incubator is the gateway for Open source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects.The Incubator project was created in October 2002 to provide an entry path to the Apache Software Foundation for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the...
project, in which he is still involved to this day. He was one of the original co-Mentors for the Geronimo project, and he also Mentors the following Incubator podlings: mod_ftp, CXF and Cayenne.
Jagielski still finds time to be a very active developer on many ASF projects. After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd
NCSA HTTPd
NCSA HTTPd was a web server originally developed at the NCSA by Robert McCool and others. It was among the earliest web servers developed, following Tim Berners-Lee's CERN httpd, Tony Sanders' Plexus server, and some others. It was for some time the natural counterpart to the Mosaic web browser in...
web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995, making him likely the longest active contributor within the ASF.
FOSS Leadership
In 2005 Jagielski was asked to serve on the Advisory Board of the Open Source Software Institute. Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit (501 c 6) organization of corporate, government and academic representatives whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation, which was recently renamed to OuterCurve. As well as Director, Jagielski serves as secretary for OuterCurve.
In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative.
Other Open Software Projects
Jagielski has also contributed to SendmailSendmail
Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet....
, xntpd, BIND
BIND
BIND , or named , is the most widely used DNS software on the Internet.On Unix-like operating systems it is the de facto standard.Originally written by four graduate students at the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley , the name originates as an acronym from...
, PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
, Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
and FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
, among other projects.