Jim Jagielski | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | software 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 |
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.
In 1994, Jagielski founded jaguNET Access Services, a web host and ISP. He has served as CTO for Zend Technologies. [2] Additionally, Jagielski has served as the Open Source Program Office lead for companies such as Red Hat, [3] Capital One, [4] VMWare, [5] Uber, [6] and currently Salesforce. [7]
Later, 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. [8]
After doing some development on the NCSA HTTPd web server, he started with Apache in early-to-mid 1995. [9] Jagielski is one of the co-founders of the Apache Software Foundation and served for several years as director, chairman, president, and executive vice-president of the ASF. [10] Jagielski is the original Chair of the Apache Incubator project. [11]
In 2010, Jagielski was appointed to the board of directors of the CodePlex Foundation, [12] which was later renamed to Outercurve Foundation. [13] Jagielski also serves as the president for Outercurve. [14]
In 2011, Jagielski was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative. [15] He resigned in September 2013. [16] The following year, Jagielski was appointed as a new Council member of the MARSEC-XL Foundation. [17] Jagielski is a member of OASIS Open's Open Projects Advisory Council. [18]
Jagielski was one of the recipients of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards at OSCON 2012. [19]
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. [20]