Jim Jagielski

Jim Jagielski is Chief Architect and Principal Software Engineer at SpringSource. He is best known for his deep, long-term involvement in Open Source and with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Within the ASF, which he co-founded, Jim is an active, key developer in numerous projects, including Apache Tomcat, Apache APR and Apache HTTPd, in which he is the longest active committer within that project. He also serves on the board of directors of the ASF, a position he has held since its inception, and currents serves as Chairman.

His team at SpringSource is focused on the Apache-based portfolio products, used in association with the Spring Framework as well as independently. He and his team maintain continued deep development of these codebases, provide consulting and training regarding them, and serve as escalated technical support. As Chief Architect, he is responsible for providing guidance and expertise over non-Spring related open source technologies, including Apache software, to compliment current offerings. He has a special affinity for scripting languages in addition to Java and C, and has the unique capability of handling technical problems from high-level architectural to low-level development point of view, and all aspects in between.

Over his career, Jim has served as CTO for Zend Technologies and Covalent Technologies. He founded jaguNET Access Services, a web solutions company and he also was a manager and engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He has spoken and presented at numerous conferences and seminars, and is a sought after resource by reporters and analysts regarding Apache and Open Source in general. He is also a noted author, having written numerous articles, including having a monthly section in several magazines. Previously, he was also editor of the Apache section on Slashdot.

Jim' blog can be found at http://www.jimjag.com/imo/.