Stanford [CSL Colloq] Open for Change * 4:15PM, Wed Mar 03, 2004 in Gates B03

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

              COMPUTER SYSTEMS LABORATORY COLLOQUIUM
               4:15PM, Wednesday, Mar 03, 2004
       NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
                   http://ee380.stanford.edu[1]

Topic:    Open for Change

Speaker:  Matthew Szulik
          President and CEO, RedHat

About the talk:

As a vehicle for economic and social change, the power of open
source is immeasurable. It's changing how people learn, how
developers create, how companies do business. In this talk, Red
Hat CEO Matthew Szulik will share his vision of how the open
source model is allowing greater affordability and access to
technology, from the world's largest organizations to its poorest
societies.

About the speaker:

Matthew J. Szulik,RedHat Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President has been leading early-stage technology companies, such
as Interleaf, MapInfo, and Red Hat, into global, publicly traded
firms for more than 20 years. In 1998, Szulik and Red Hat founder
Bob Young developed a shared vision that the collaborative
approach of open source and a great brand could redistribute the
economics of the technology industry from vendor to customer.

Following successful public offerings in 1999 and 2000, Red Hat
has developed global partnerships with Oracle, IBM, Dell, Intel,
and HP to deliver technology based on open source technology.
Today, Red Hat is the leading provider of Linux and open source
technology to the enterprise and is positioned to be the defining
technology company of the 21st century.

Szulik is passionate about improving the educational
opportunities for students worldwide through open source, and he
is a spokesperson to industry, government, and education leaders
on open source computing.

Szulik is the Chairman of the Science and Technology Board for
State of North Carolina's Economic Development Board and is
currently a Director of Tibco Software. He is past Chairman and
an Executive Director of the North Carolina Electronics and
Information Technologies Association.

Szulik was recently recognized by CIO Magazine with its 20/20
Vision Award.

Contact information:

Matthew J. Szulik
Redhat


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