AstriCon : October 13-15, 2009 : Glendale, AZ

Chris DiBona - Wednesday, October 14 from 9-9:45AM

Chris DiBona
Open Source PM
Google

Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, Ca. based Google where his team oversees license compliance and supports the open source developer community through programs such as the Google Summer of Code and through the release of open source software projects and patches.

Mr. DiBona is an internationally known advocate of open source software and related methodologies. He occasionally appears on the This Week in Tech and Cranky Geeks podcasts. He is a visiting scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management and has a masters in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he serves on the advisory board of imeem, a San Francisco, Ca. based social networking firm.

Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor and author for the website Slashdot.org . Additionally, he coedited the award-winning essay compilations "Open Sources" and "Open Sources 2.0" and writes for several publications. He was the host of Floss Weekly with Leo Laporte and made a number of appearances on TechTV's "The Screensavers"

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Mike Smith - Thursday, October 15 9:00AM

Mike Smith
CTO, Server & Technology Group
IBM

Mike is a Distinguished Engineer whose current job is the CTO for the integrated IBM Smart Business Platform offering. In this role, Mike is responsible for the overall technical strategy for Smart Business, leveraging the capabilities and assets of STG, SWG, GTS, ibm.com, ISC and Research, and leading the software development teams for Smart Business in STG, SWG, and ibm.com.

Mike is also leading partnerships in new software business opportunities, including completed partnerships with Zend, Databorough, IBI, and MySQL. Mike also frequently gets involved in software design and architecture, customer and partner consultations, and customer critical situations.

In previous responsibilities, Mike was the lead i5/OS and SMB Chief Software Architect, responsible for i5/OS software strategy and plan. Prior to that, Mike led the ERP development area for the AS/400 and was responsible for the BaanERP port and a technical leader on the SAP R/3 port (for which he received a Corporate Award). He was the lead Software Architect for i5/OS since 2000.

Mike is a 1986 Computer Science graduate from Michigan Technological University and a 2004 Executive MBA graduate from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.