Zak Greant

Zak Greant
Greant at ZendCon 2006
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Evangelist, strategist, author, speaker
Employer	ActiveState Software Inc.

Life & work

Zak Greant has been an active participant, teacher, and mentor in free software and open source communities, including PHP, MySQL, Mozilla, the Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative.

They have previously worked for MySQL AB, Sxip Identity, ^[1] eZ Systems and the Mozilla. ^[2] While having been the primary author on two books, on MySQL ^[3] and PHP ^[4] respectively, they contributed to others. ^[5]

Books

• 2006 MySQL Phrasebook - ISBN   0-672-32839-9
• 2003 PHP Functions Essential Reference - ISBN   0-7357-0970-X

References

1. "Sxip Corporate Blog". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
2. Greant, J.A. (Zak) (2009), "Open Innovation and Open Source: Lessons Learned in the Mozilla Community" , Innovationsführerschaft durch Open Innovation, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 69–83, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87755-4_5, ISBN   978-3-540-87754-7 , retrieved 2023-08-08
3. Argerich, Luis; Choi, Wankyu; Coggeshall, John; Egervari, Ken; Geisler, Martin; Greant, Zak; Hill, Andrew; Hubbard, Chris; Moore, James (2003), "PHP and MySQL" , Professional PHP4, Berkeley, CA: Apress, pp. 621–664, doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-1120-4_18, ISBN   978-1-59059-248-9 , retrieved 2023-08-08
4. Stobart, Simon (2002), "Implementing Functions", Essential PHP fast, Essential Series, London: Springer London, pp. 175–194, doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0209-0_13, ISBN   978-1-85233-578-6 , retrieved 2023-08-08
5. Argerich, Luis; Choi, Wankyu; Coggeshall, John; Egervari, Ken; Geisler, Martin; Greant, Zak; Hill, Andrew; Hubbard, Chris; Moore, James (2003), "PHP Fundamentals" , Professional PHP4, Berkeley, CA: Apress, pp. 61–88, doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-1120-4_4, ISBN   978-1-59059-248-9 , retrieved 2023-08-08

External links

• Zak Greant's blog