講者簡介

Patrick McGovern
Director of SourceForge.net

Patrick McGovern has been overseeing SourceForge.net, the world's largest Open Source development Web site, for more than 4 years. Under his watch, the site has grown 3400% to its current size with more than 80,000 projects and 883,0000 registered users. His mission is to maintain the site's integrity, functionality, and growth while keeping true to the worldwide network of users who rely on the site to collaborate and develop the most innovative programs and projects in the Open Source space. McGovern is a frequent speaker and panelist at key industry conferences.  

Prior to managing SourceForge.net, Patrick was Director of E-Commerce for VA Linux Systems (now VA Software) and built/managed a powerful Dell-esque build-to-order for Linux servers and products. VA's e-commerce site, launched in 1999, processed over 30 million dollars in sales during its first quarter of operation. He has founded a series of startup companies including NetJet Communications and My-Website. Patrick received his BS in Computer Science from the University of San Francisco in 1991.

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何錦潭 Nick Ho
台灣網威(Novell) 技術協理

何錦潭目前擔任Novell台灣網威股份有限公司技術協理一職。  在此之前，曾擔任SilverStream 銀系軟體台灣分公司技術協理，領導專業服務團隊及支援電子商務平台業務推廣。期間，協助台灣著名企業完成企業電子商務的開發應用，包含高科技、通訊、金融、汽車及流通等產業。  在加入SilverStream 之前，曾任職於國內多家應用軟體公司從事系統開發工作，行業別有製造業, 金融業, 營建業, 航空旅遊業, 物流業等, 系統從OLTP, MIS, MRP, ERP到 Web Application 。十多年IT領域經驗以及5年的企業e化實務經驗，充分了解產業需求和先進IT技術領域。其工作理念是: 客戶為主，誠信為上，尃業為準，熱忱為先。能提供經驗及資訊讓企業在評估及建置Secure Identity Management 、Portal、Enterprise Application Integration、Web Services、B2B Integration等各種解決方案時有所助益。

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Timothy J. Brown
Special Projects Marketing Manager at VIA Technologies, Inc.

Timothy J. Brown is a Special Projects Marketing Manager at  VIA Technologies, Inc. focusing on strategic initiatives for up and coming technologies such as robotics and wireless mesh networking. Tim has worked in the IT industry in Asia for the past 8 years and is the former editor of the Linux industry watch website MobileLinux.com.