Jim Jagielski

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Jim Jagielski
Born
Dundalk, MD
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
Occupationsoftware engineer
Board member of Apache Software Foundation Director, 1999-2019, 2025; [1]
Open Source Initiative Director, 2010-2013
Outercurve Foundation Director, 2009-Present
Website www.jimjag.com

Jim Jagielski is an American software engineer who was a co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation, specializing in Open Source, InnerSource, web and cloud technologies.

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Professional activity

While at NASA/Goddard, he served as editor of the A/UX FAQ and system administrator for Jagubox, the primary repository for third-party software for Apple's A/UX operating system. [2] It was at this time that Jagielski started actively contributing to numerous Internet software projects, such as BIND, sendmail, xntpd, etc as he ported these core technologies to the A/UX platform. He continues as an active Open Source developer to this day. [3] [4]

In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a web host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies. [5] Additionally, Jagielski has served as the Open Source Program Office lead for companies such as Red Hat, [6] Capital One, [7] VMWare, [8] Uber, [9] and currently Salesforce. [10]

Jagielski is a frequent speaker and keynoter at past and present Open Source related conferences, including OSCON, ApacheCon, OSSF, [11] Open Expo Europe, [12] FOSS Backstage, [13] OW2Con [14] Open Source 101 [15] and All Things Open. [16]

Apache Software Foundation

After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995. [17] Jagielski is one of the co-founders of the Apache Software Foundation and served for over 25 years as director, chairman, president, and executive vice-president of the ASF. [18] Jagielski is the original Chair of the Apache Incubator project. [19]

Other board and council memberships

In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the board of directors of the CodePlex Foundation, [20] which was later renamed to Outercurve Foundation. [21] Jagielski also serves as the president for Outercurve. [22]

In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative. [23] He resigned in September 2013. [24] The following year, Jagielski was appointed as a new Council member of the MARSEC-XL Foundation. [25] Jagielski is a member of OASIS Open's Open Projects Advisory Council. [26]

Awards

Jagielski was one of the recipients of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards at OSCON 2012. [27]

In 2015, Jagielski was awarded the European Commission/Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group's Luminary Award in Creating Open Engagement Platforms for his global efforts in promoting Open Source as an Innovation process. [28] .

At the 2025 All Things Open conference, Jagielski was awarded the inaugural Open Source Icon award for his decades long service to the Open Source community [29]

References

  1. ↑ https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces-new-board-members
  2. ↑ Usenet FAQs By Author: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov
  3. ↑ GitHub
  4. ↑ OpenHub
  5. ↑ Zend Technologies Extends U.S. Presence; Open-Source Advocate Jim Jagielski Joins PHP Technology Leader, retrieved 18dec2007
  6. ↑ "Jim Jagielski".
  7. ↑ "The "Why" of Inner Source". October 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "#11 Jim Jagielski, Chairman, the Apache Software Foundation". February 22, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Open Source 101 - Jim Jagielski - Uber - OS101". YouTube . April 11, 2021.
  10. ↑ "The importance of open source licensing with Jim Jagielski". YouTube . February 27, 2024.
  11. ↑ Why Contribute Back
  12. ↑ Travelers Tails
  13. ↑ IP Primer
  14. ↑ Licenses and Governance
  15. ↑ Intro to Open Source
  16. ↑ Open Source Licensing
  17. ↑ Apache Committers
  18. ↑ Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors, Retrieved on December 23, 2007
  19. ↑ "Apache Phone Book". people.apache.org. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Board of Directors". Outercurve Foundation. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  21. ↑ "The CodePlex Foundation Rebrands, Renamed Outercurve Foundation". Outercurve Foundation. September 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Outercurve Foundation Announces Jim Jagielski as President of Board". Outercurve Foundation. July 1, 2013. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  23. ↑ "OSI Board of Directors". Open Source Initiative. July 24, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  24. ↑ "OSI Board Minutes". Open Source Initiative. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  25. ↑ "MARSEC-XL Welcomes Jim Jagielski as a New Council Member" (Press release). Nasdaq Globalwire. August 16, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Open Projects Advisory Council Archives".
  27. ↑ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards". O'Reilly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  28. ↑ "THE OPEN INNOVATION 2.0 CONFERENCE 2015 PROVED THAT COLLABORATION HAS NO BOUNDARIES" . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Open source won, so why are we still fighting?" . Retrieved December 9, 2025.
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