Stuart Litel is the founder of the New England Informix User Group (NEIUG) and has been an active member of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG), which he joined in 1997. He is now the president of IIUG. He has been elected as president for the first time in 2004.

Although external to the company, Stuart has actively participated in the development of Informix

Informix

IBM Informix is a family of relational database management system developed by IBM. It is positioned as IBM's flagship data server for online transaction processing as well as integrated solutions...

 tools and databases.

Stuart is a regular contributor to DB2 Magazine

DB2 Magazine

DB2 Magazine was a U.S.-based magazine published by CMP Technology and sponsored by IBM Corp. In 2008, the magazine's name changed to IBM Database Magazine before later changing to IBM Data Management magazine in 2009 when it switched publishers...

, and IBM Database Magazine

IBM Database Magazine

IBM Data Management magazine is a U.S.-based custom magazine published by TDA Group for IBM Corp four times a year. With a worldwide readership of more than 100,000, the magazine provides how-to information about DB2, Informix, UniVerse, and UniData, along with coverage of related tools, software,...

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