Allison Randal

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Allison Randal
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Occupation(s) Programmer, Author
Employer SUSE
Known for Perl, Parrot

Allison Randal is a software developer and author. She was the chief architect of the Parrot virtual machine, a member of the board of directors for The Perl Foundation, [1] a director of the Python Software Foundation from 2010 to 2012, [2] and the chairman of the Parrot Foundation. [3] She is also the lead developer of Punie, the port of Perl 1 to Parrot. She is co-author of Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials and the Synopses of Perl 6. She was employed by O'Reilly Media. From August 2010 till February 2012, Randal was the Technical Architect of Ubuntu at Canonical. [4] [5]

In 2009, Randal was chair of O'Reilly's Open Source Convention (OSCON). [6] She was elected a fellow of the Python Software Foundation in 2010. [7]

She is currently a director of the Open Source Initiative [8] and was its president between 2015 and 2017, taking over from and handing back to Simon Phipps. [9] [10] She also serves on the OpenStack Foundation board of directors. [11]

Additionally, as of 2019, Randal joined the member of the board at Software Freedom Conservatory, and as of 2022, she became the chair of board. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Perl Foundation". www.perlfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  2. ↑ "History of PSF Officers and Directors". Python Software Foundation. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Foundation - Parrot VM". www.parrot.org.
  4. ↑ "New Job, New Blog". allisonrandal.com. 20 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Randal, Allison. "Allison Randal: Open Source Strategist". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Allison Randal". O'Reilly Radar. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  7. ↑ "PSF Membership Roster". Python Software Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "OSI Board Changes 2014". 2014-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  9. ↑ Phipps, Simon. "Handing On The Baton". Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Randal, Allison. "Transitions in Leadership". Open Source Initiative. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Board of Directors". OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Directors - Software Freedom Conservancy". sfconservancy.org. Retrieved 2025-02-12.


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