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.
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]
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]
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]
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]