Aaron Roe Fulkerson
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Aaron Roe Fulkerson is an information technology businessman and founder of MindTouch
, Inc. Fulkerson helped pioneer the open core business model, collaborative network
s, and the application of Web Oriented Architecture
to enterprise software.
Fulkerson is currently Founder and CEO at MindTouch
, a supplier of open source
and collaborative network
software. Prior to co-founding MindTouch with Steve Bjorg, Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division and worked on distributed systems research. Previously he owned and operated a successful software and Information Technology consulting firm, Gurion Digital LLP. He won a Jack Kent Cooke
scholarship in 2002. Aaron advises Microsoft on open source practices and is a founding advisory member of the OuterCurve Foundation (formerly known as the CodePlex Foundation). He is also the technical editor to MCGraw Hill's "Implementing Enterprise 2.0." Aaron is a contributing blogger and writer for Forbes, GigaOm OSTATIC, TechWeb Internet Evolution, Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com, CMSWire and ReadWriteWeb. In 2008 Aaron was cited one of seven "Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists" by ReadWriteWeb. Aaron is also a frequent speaker on the topics of enterprise software, Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM (SCRM), open source, education, and entrepreneurship,
In March 2010, he was named on the Mindtouch website as the forty-sixth in the list of "Most Powerful Voices in Open Source".
MindTouch
MindTouch, Inc., an open-source software-development company based in San Diego, California, USA, started in January, 2005 with offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Bellevue, Washington. It merged all its offices in San Diego in February 2007.-History:...
, Inc. Fulkerson helped pioneer the open core business model, collaborative network
Collaborative network
A collaborative network, unlike an enterprise social software, is a work-centric network that focuses on managing projects and solving issues within the corporate environment...
s, and the application of Web Oriented Architecture
Web Oriented Architecture
Web Oriented Architecture is a style of software architecture that extends service-oriented architecture to web based applications, and is sometimes considered to be a light-weight version of SOA...
to enterprise software.
Fulkerson is currently Founder and CEO at MindTouch
MindTouch
MindTouch, Inc., an open-source software-development company based in San Diego, California, USA, started in January, 2005 with offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Bellevue, Washington. It merged all its offices in San Diego in February 2007.-History:...
, a supplier of open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
and collaborative network
Collaborative network
A collaborative network, unlike an enterprise social software, is a work-centric network that focuses on managing projects and solving issues within the corporate environment...
software. Prior to co-founding MindTouch with Steve Bjorg, Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division and worked on distributed systems research. Previously he owned and operated a successful software and Information Technology consulting firm, Gurion Digital LLP. He won a Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke was a Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of the Washington Redskins , the Los Angeles Lakers , and the Los Angeles Kings , and built The Forum in Inglewood, California and FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.-Early career:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Cooke moved with his family to...
scholarship in 2002. Aaron advises Microsoft on open source practices and is a founding advisory member of the OuterCurve Foundation (formerly known as the CodePlex Foundation). He is also the technical editor to MCGraw Hill's "Implementing Enterprise 2.0." Aaron is a contributing blogger and writer for Forbes, GigaOm OSTATIC, TechWeb Internet Evolution, Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney.com, CMSWire and ReadWriteWeb. In 2008 Aaron was cited one of seven "Leading Corporate Social Media Evangelists" by ReadWriteWeb. Aaron is also a frequent speaker on the topics of enterprise software, Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM (SCRM), open source, education, and entrepreneurship,
In March 2010, he was named on the Mindtouch website as the forty-sixth in the list of "Most Powerful Voices in Open Source".
External links
- OSCON Speaker at OsconOSCONOSCON may refer to:*OS-CON, a type of electronic capacitor.*O'Reilly Open Source Convention*Oscon, Open Source CONtract, the most used open-contract in Italy....
2009 - Google Profile
- Fulkerson Personal Blog
- Open Core Licensing
- WOA Pioneer
- WOA Presentation
- Floss 89: Interview with Aaron Roe Fulkerson about Mindtouch
- Linux Journal video interview with Aaron Fulkerson
- Developer Video
- podcast about Wiki's
- Podcast interview
- Read Write Web
- Fulkerson Interviews